From graphene to diamene

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Flexible Graphene Turns Hard as Diamonds When Struck by a Bullet

As you may have intuited, this isn't science fiction at all. In new research published this week, physicists say they have developed a lightweight, flexible material that instantly becomes harder than diamonds upon any significant impact. The material could potentially be used to create an entirely new class of protective coatings and armor for people, vehicles, and even spacecraft.
Published Dec. 18 in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, the research from the City University of New York describes a new process for creating diamene — flexible, layered sheets of graphene that become hard as diamonds and virtually impenetrable upon impact. This work was funded by the Basic Energy Sciences Office of the US Department of Energy


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