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Written by Users Idea
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Tuesday, 29 March 2011 |
Carbon nanotubes have gained tremendous limelight recently, whereby the respective material is extremely sturdy, and it has tremendous applications on consumer electronics too. Nevertheless, the researchers at Rice University have found a way to create extremely strong composite material that has the ability to work under tremendous pressure.
Dubbed as the self-strengthening polymer nanocomposite, this particular polymer comes with an unusual self-strengthening property that is pretty similar to the ones found in bones too. Generally, the material increased in its stiffness by 12 percent, after being given 3.5 million compressions.
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