Scientists Created the Lightest and Strongest Nanomaterial Ever.
Scientists Created the Lightest and Strongest Nanomaterial Ever.
The possibilities are endless.
Original source :
Ultrahigh Specific Strength by Bayesian Optimization of Carbon Nanolattices
https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202410651
Figure 1 caption :
Multi-objective Bayesian optimization for generative design of carbon nanolattices with high compressive stiffness and strength at low density. a) Illustration of process workflow. b) The top four MBO CFCC geometries with their 2D Bézier curves. c,d) FESEM images of CFCC MBO-3 and Standard CFCC of equivalent density.
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Properties :
Specific strength : 2.03 MPa m³ kg−1
Density : ρ < 215 kg m−3
My own comparative table 😋 :
Material ρ Density (kg/m³) R Strength (MPa) R/ρ Specific Strength (MPa·m³/kg) new Carb. ~200 400 2.03 Steel 7850 400 0.050 Aluminum 2700 300 0.11 Diamond 3500 ...↓ ... ↓ ...compres. 3500 135000 38.6 ... tensile 3500 90000 25.7 Cool,.they reinvented graphene. But instead of basic chemistry they wasted energy. Now crack the actual problem: making the stuff as a bigger sheet than a pencil tip