Disclosed herein is an article comprising a substrate; a polymer disposed upon the substrate; the polymer having a number average molecular weight of about 2,000 to about 5,000 grams per mole; where each polymer is separated from a neighboring polymer by an average distance of 2. The fixed die is composed of a lower die and a core, and the movable die is composed of an upper die and a presser. A second receptacle receives the filtered wastewater.