Helmholtz Researchers Transform PET Plastic Into Nanodiamonds Using High Energy Lasers

By Munis Raza · Interesting Engineering · 2026-10-20

According to Interesting Engineering, a German research team successfully recovered three-nanometer crystals created by shock-compressing plastic film. The Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf group utilized the Extreme Light Infrastructure facility to simulate planetary interior

According to Interesting Engineering, a German research team successfully recovered three-nanometer crystals created by shock-compressing plastic film. The Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf group utilized the Extreme Light Infrastructure facility to simulate planetary interior