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    Carbon nanotube film is stronger and stretchier than kevlar

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    Andrew Tarantola
    Andrew Tarantola
    02.03.2016

    Researchers at East China University of Science & Technology have finally managed to develop a macroscopic material that exhibits the same strength and pliability as individual nanotubes. In fact, their new carbon nanotube-based film that is five times stronger and 8 percent more pliable than any such material previously developed.