Tough foam from tiny sheets: Lab uses atom-thick materials to make ultralight foam
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 03:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Tough, ultralight foam of atom-thick sheets can be made to any size and shape through a new chemical process. In microscopic images, the foam dubbed "GO-0.5BN" looks like a nanoscale building, with floors and walls that reinforce each other. The structure consists of a pair of two-dimensional materials: floors and walls of graphene oxide that self-assemble with the assistance of hexagonal boron nitride platelets.