Heteroepitaxial Growth of Functional Materials & Devices; Strain-driven Self-Assembly of Advanced Materials; Advanced Energy and Electronic Materials; Clean Energy Technologies.
Microplastics enter the environment from the breakdown of macroplastics that often come from cosmetics, synthetic fibers on clothing, tire ware, industrial processes, packaging and more.
Nature News reported on ways that AI may be used to revolutionize plastic recycling and mentioned that Amit Goyal is working to develop a barcode system that can identify plastic types, aiming to reduce contamination and improve recycling rates.
The National News reported on how AI can be used to increase plastic recycling rates and quoted Amit Goyal, who is working on the use of “bar codes” to indicate what type of plastic an item is made of to help the process of sorting different recyclable materials.
The researcher is among 15 scientists from across the world shortlisted for the 2023 Global Energy Prize. He has been nominated in the New Ways of Energy Application category.