Nanotechnology News from Nanowerk 2021-04-22

Researchers have developed innovative membranes for the complete removal of heavy metals from industrial wastewater. The special nanostructure of zinc-modified aluminum oxide made it possible to remove arsenic and lead from water with an efficiency of 87% and 98%, respectively.

Scientists have exploited the so-called Talbot effect to create the interference pattern with hard X-ray beams at a subnanometer wavelength (0.17 nm).

The findings allow manipulation of materials for the first time by stacking films at a twist angle, allowing a new way to control light emitting from materials.

Researchers are developing nanoparticles that can be used to detect and kill multi-resistant pathogens that hide inside our body cells.

The propagation of light can be radically controlled with tailor-made nanostructures, called photonic crystals. The main feature of such crystals is a forbidden gap: waves with colors within a forbidden range travel only a limited distance - called Bragg length - before being reflected due to Bragg interference. Scientists have discovered a method to tunably steer light deep into photonic crystals, to depths well beyond the Bragg length. By spatially shaping the incident waves, the energy ...