Imagine a thin sheet of paper-like plastic, which surprisingly can’t be torn, broken or tampered easily! No, it’s no day-dreaming of a crazy material-scientist, but one of the breed’s craziest discoveries.
Yes, such a material has come to exist in real! A team of impertinent experts have come up with a new transparent, composite plastic - which, amazingly is, as strong as steel, while being as thin as a sheet of paper! Thanks to nano-technology.
Now, it seems to be the turn for the soldiers, police or even their vehicles to use ‘plastic armors’ - more strong and lighter than a steel-made one.
The amazing plastic can also help reduce the energy required for separating gas in chemical factories, thus improving or advancing micro-technology like — microchips or even biomedical sensors.
Although the machine is still at the exploratory stage, is could successfully be made as big as one meter by one meter in the lab.
The new material being developed could be used for practical applications and can eventually be commercialized in a year or two.
