A research team from Northwestern University has developed the first-ever two-dimensional mechanically interlocked material, demonstrating high flexibility and strength. This breakthrough could lead to the development of lightweight yet high-performance body armor and other tough materials.
A research team led by scientists at Northwestern University has developed the first-ever two-dimensional mechanically interlocked material with high flexibility and strength. In the future, this could be used to develop lightweight yet high-performance body armor and other such tough materials, a press release said. It was in the 1980s that Fraser Stoddart, then a chemist at Northwestern University, first introduced the concept of mechanical bonds.
Together, the material consists of 100 trillion mechanical bonds per square centimeter, the highest density ever achieved. Interestingly, the team also found that dissolving the polymer in the solution allowed the interlocked monomers to peel off each other, enabling the manipulation of individual sheets.
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