Thanks to a new production technique, a team from the University of Vienna have successfully produced a super strong material that was first theorized back in 1885. They have published their results in the scientific journal Nature.
Carbyne, a carbon-based structure, has tensile properties double that of graphene. It would take the force exerted by a large car to push a pencil through a sheet of graphene as thick as a sheet of grocery story plastic wrap and this stuff has double the amount of strength. The construction industry and all our gadgets will likely receive great benefits from this new technology down the road.
Additional Reading:
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2008/jul/17/graphene-has-record-breaking-strength
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/carbyne-scientists-create-holy-grail-strongest-material-world-thats-tougher-graphene-1554867
Carbyne, a carbon-based structure, has tensile properties double that of graphene. It would take the force exerted by a large car to push a pencil through a sheet of graphene as thick as a sheet of grocery story plastic wrap and this stuff has double the amount of strength. The construction industry and all our gadgets will likely receive great benefits from this new technology down the road.
Additional Reading:
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2008/jul/17/graphene-has-record-breaking-strength
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/carbyne-scientists-create-holy-grail-strongest-material-world-thats-tougher-graphene-1554867