This poem is printed on a material that according to the researchers can eradicate the air pollution caused by 20 cars per day.
The material is devised by the researchers from University of Sheffield. The material is capable of removing harmful nitrogen oxide from the atmosphere.
Well-known poet Simon Armitage, professor of poetry at the University, and pro-vicechancellor for science Tony Ryan have joined hands to create a poem called 'In Praise of Air' and this poem is printed on material which can purify the air.
The researchers said that this technology is quite cheap and it could be applied to billboards and advertisements in order to bring down pollution.
The material is coated with microscopic pollution-eating particles of titanium dioxide which uses sunlight and oxygen to react with nitrogen oxide pollutants and purify the air.
"This is a fun collaboration between science and the arts to highlight a very serious issu e of poor air quality in our towns and cities," Ryan, who came up with the idea of using treated materials to cleanse the air, said.
The poem will remain on display at the Alfred Denny Building, Western Bank, for a year.
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