More information: Shichang Zhang et al, Phosphination of amino-modified mesoporous silica for the selective separation of strontium, Journal of Hazardous Materials (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.

Using a water-based solution with this amino acid draws mercury out of fish ... then absorbing the mercury onto "powdered, thiolated silica and thiolated polymers," which could be replicated ...