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Carbon makes super-tough paper

Atom-thick sheets stacked to make strong ultra-thin material.

Researchers have used a recently discovered form of carbon to make sheets of super-stiff and super-strong paper that is only a few millionths of a metre thick. This paper could lead to the development of tough new materials or be used to store energy for fuel cell applications.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on July 25, 2007 06:15 PM |

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ontology....fullerex?

Posted by: giacinto plescia | July 31, 2007 03:36 PM

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