NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT — Researchers have taken inspiration from a sea creature to create a new kind of water treatment.<br /><br />According to the study published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, coagulation is a chemical water treatment process that causes colloidal and suspended water-borne particles to group into formations and settle. Conventional coagulants like aluminum sulfate remove large particles but cannot capture smaller dissolved contaminants.<br /><br />Researchers from Yale and Peking University sought to address this issue. They modeled a nanocoagulant after the sea anemone Actinia to remove a broad range of contaminants in a single step.
