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Say goodbye to smashed phone screens! Scientists develop a new material that is as light as plastic but stronger than STEEL ‐ and is up to six times more difficult to damage than bulletproof glass
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] I don’t know about the rest of you, but this is going to make Mr. Wife’s budget very happy. I do not dance gently through life.
  • The material was made by Massachussets Institute of Technology-led experts

  • It is formed from layers of tiny molecular discs that stack in order to form sheets

  • Each layer is held together by hydrogen bonds, making it strong and lightweight

  • It was long thought impossible to produce a two-dimensional polymers like this, called polyaramides

  • But special joins between each disk prevent them from twisting out-of-plane

  • Alongside protective coatings, the material could be used in construction

Posted by: Skidmark 2022-02-03
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