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Science Highlight
A Mystery No More
The iron oxide ferrihydrite, which has potential for cleaning wastewater, is a material that has been both well-known and mysterious. Its crystalline structure is no longer one of nature's secrets, thanks to research at Sector 11 at the APS.
Recent Publications
L.E. Levine, G.G. Long, J. Ilavsky, R.A. Gerhardt, R. Ou, C.A. Parker, Self-assembly of carbon black into nanowires that form a conductive three dimensional micronetwork (2007)
U. Linert, J. Almer, B. Jakobsen, W. Pantleon, H.F. Poulsen, D. Hennessy, C. Xiao, R.M. Suter, 3-Dimensional Characterization of Polycrystalline Bulk Materials Using High-Energy Synchrotron Radiaton (2007)