Scientists Invented Molecular ‘Chainmail’ That’s Way Stronger Than Kevlar
Forty years after scientists discovered methods for creating mechanical molecular bonds, experts have created a mechanically interlocked 2D material that’s much stronger than Kevlar. With 100 trillion ...
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'Medieval' nanotech chainmail sports 100 trillion chemical bonds per square centimeter — and could be the future of armor
Researchers unveiled a super-strong nanoscale material made from the first two-dimensional mechanically interlocked polymers.
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Martin Karplus obituary: theoretical chemist who first simulated proteins using molecular dynamics
The Nobel prizewinner used quantum and molecular mechanics to model the dynamics of complex chemical systems.
Stuart Rice, U. of C. professor who studied molecular behavior, dies at 92
Stuart Rice, who specialized in physical chemistry during a long career as a professor and researcher at the University of ...
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21st-century chainmail uses molecular instead of metallic links
In what they're calling the "highest density of mechanical bonds ever achieved," researchers created a super-strong flexible ...
Two Industry Executives Join E.P.A. to Help Oversee Chemical Rules
Nancy Beck and Lynn Ann Dekleva worked in the first Trump administration, where they fought chemical restrictions.