Nanotube “Rebar” Makes Graphene Twice as Tough

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(Funded by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation (NSF))

Rice University researchers have found that fracture-resistant “rebar graphene” (which uses carbon nanotubes for reinforcement) is more than twice as tough as pristine graphene.