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Atmospheric Water Extraction Enabled by Smart Moisture Absorbing Foams (SMAFs)

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Primary Objective Develop a man portable system capable of extracting potable drinking water from air, obviating the need for costly and dangerous transportation (Expeditionary Track). TA1 Goal: Create a new and revolutionary class of sorbents that have high capacity, rapid water uptake and release sorbed water by compression enabled switching from hydrophilic to hydrophobic state. TA2 Goal: Design, construct and optimize a system capable of meeting the DARPA SWaP and output requirements by leveraging the SMAF compressive release capability developed in TA1.

This material is based upon work supported by Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) under Contract No. HR001121C0032. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA).