Sunday 3 August 2014

Tough foam from tiny sheets

TECH SPACE
Tough foam from tiny sheets
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 31, 2014 - Tough, ultralight foam of atom-thick sheets can be made to any size and shape through a chemical process invented at Rice University. 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 ... more


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