Graphene can be strengthened by folding

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 06:00 in Physics & Chemistry

(PhysOrg.com) -- With a strength 200 times greater than that of steel, graphene is the strongest known material to exist. But now scientists have found that folding graphene nanoribbons into structures they call “grafold” can enable it to bear even greater compressive loads.

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