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Real-Time Assessment of Deteriorative Airborne Risks

Siyaa Poddar

First place · Regeneron ISEF 2025

Low-cost detectors for toxic silica and uranium dust, built from colour-changing chemistry stabilised inside metal-organic frameworks, developed with Indigenous communities near abandoned mines in the US Southwest in mind.

air-quality
metal-organic-frameworks
colorimetric-sensing
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Materials Science