Porous, 3-D forms of graphene developed at MIT can be 10 times as strong as steel but much lighter
Friday, January 6, 2017 - 14:21
in Physics & Chemistry
A team of researchers at MIT has designed one of the strongest lightweight materials known, by compressing and fusing flakes of graphene, a two-dimensional form of carbon. The new material, a sponge-like configuration with a density of just 5 percent, can have a strength 10 times that of steel.