Nanoarmor textile

Filed in archive High-Tech Textiles on December 17, 2005

We see a huge investment in new high-tech textiles all over the world. Is it for your T-shirt or a bit more special...

According to IsraCast, an Israeli company has created materials made of inorganic fullerene-like nanostructures (IFs) which have amazing shock absorbing properties. During preliminary tests, these materials, which are five times stronger than steel, have successfully resisted to steel projectiles generating pressures as high as 250 tons per square centimeter.

250 tons per square centimeter. Stronger than steel. We will perhaps see new more flexible buildings too. And of course police forces that look even more self-confident.

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