Most bullet-proof vests tend to be heavy, but things could change if the research at City University of New York succeeds.Under the leadership of Professor Elisa Riedo, scientists have determined that ballistic materials based on two layers of graphene can outnumber diamonds Hard: Graphene is a quasi-two-dimensional material with only one atomic layer thickness connected by carbon atoms in a honeycomb, which is considered the strongest material in the world.
This new material, called diamene, consists of two graphene sheets on a silicon carbide substrate and is described as light and flexible like an aluminum foil - in its normal state. When sudden mechanical stress is applied at room temperature , It temporarily becomes harder than massive diamonds.
This new material was conceived by Angelo Bongiorno, an associate professor at City University of New York who developed a computer model that showed that the material should work as long as the two graphene sheets were properly aligned.Riedo and his colleagues tested the actual Diamene sample, This supports the findings of Bongiorno, and interestingly, the hardening effect occurs only when using two pieces of graphene.
A paper on this study was recently published in Nature Nanotechnology.
