VoltaPure is dedicated to developing electric-field-assisted technologies for water treatment and air purification.
Competitions & Awards
- 2024, Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) Phase II Award ($100,000)
- 2024, National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnerships For Innovation (PFI) Award ($550,000)
- 2023, Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) Phase I Award ($50,000)
- 2022, CRIDC Innovation Competition ($1000), GT VentureLab, News
- 2021, National Science Foundation (NSF) I-CORPS Award ($50,000) for Customer Discovery, Video
- 2021, First CEE Entrepreneurial Impact Competition Zeitlin Prize Winner ($5,000), Georgia Tech, Recording, News
- 2020, Water Tech Hub Challenge Finalist, The Water Council
- 2020, Call For Engineering Action: Concept Pitch Event, National Academy of Engineering, Recording
Relevant Patents and Patent Applications
Relevant Publications
- Mourin Jarin, Ting Wang, Xing Xie. Operando investigation of the synergistic effect of electric field treatment and copper for bacteria inactivation. Nature Communication, 2024, 15: 1345.
- Ting Wang, Xing Xie. Tuning the locally enhanced electric field treatment (LEEFT) between electrophysical and electrochemical mechanisms for bacteria inactivation. Environmental Science & Technology, 2024, 58: 14875-14885.
- Feiyang Mo, Jianfeng Zhou, Cecilia Yu, Feifei Liu, Manhitha Jumili, Yuxiao Wu, Xing Xie. Decoupling locally enhanced electric field treatment (LEEFT) intensity and copper release by applying asymmetric electric pulses for water disinfection. Water Research X, 2023, 100206.
- Ting Wang, Xing Xie. Nanosecond bacteria inactivation realized by locally enhanced electric field treatment. Nature Water, 2023, 1: 104-112.
- Ting Wang, Devin Brown, Xing Xie. Nano-enhanced electric-field treatment harnessing lightning-rod effect for rapid bacteria inactivation. Nano Letters, 2022, 22(2): 860-867.
- Jianfeng Zhou, Fang Yang, Yuxiong Huang, Wenbo Ding, and Xing Xie. Smartphone-powered efficient water disinfection at the point of use. npj Clean Water, 2020, 3(1): 1-9.
- Jianfeng Zhou, Ting Wang, and Xing Xie. Locally Enhanced Electric Field Treatment (LEEFT) Promotes the Performance of Ozonation for Bacterial Inactivation by Disrupting Cell Membrane. Environmental Science & Technology, 2020, 54(21): 14017-14025.
- Jianfeng Zhou, Ting Wang, Wensi Chen, Beichen Lin, Xing Xie. Emerging investigator series: locally enhanced electric field treatment (LEEFT) with nanowire-modified electrodes for water disinfection in pipes. Environmental Science: Nano, 2020, 7: 397-403.
- Ting Wang, Hang Chen, Cecilia Yu, Xing Xie. Rapid determination of the electroporation threshold for bacteria inactivation using a lab-on-a-chip platform. Environment International, 2019, 132: 105040.
- Jianfeng Zhou, Ting Wang, Xing Xie. Rationally designed tubular coaxial-electrode copper ionization cells (CECICs) harnessing non-uniform electric field for efficient water disinfection. Environment International, 2019, 128: 30-36.
- Wenbo Ding#, Jianfeng Zhou#, Jia Cheng#, Zhaozheng Wang, Hengyu Guo, Changsheng Wu, Sixing Xu, Zhiyi Wu, Xing Xie*, Zhong Lin Wang*. TriboPump: a low‐cost, hand‐powered water disinfection system. Advanced Energy Materials, 2019, 1901320.
VoltaPure Contact
- Mourin (Mo) Jarin, Entrepreneurial Lead, Email: mjarin3@gatech.edu