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(Funded by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the U.S. Army Research Office, the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy)
A team of researchers has found a new way to produce a polymer material called PBO, a product known commercially as Zylon that's used in bulletproof vests and other high-performance fabrics. The new approach could be useful in making PBO products that resist degradation, a problem that has plagued PBO-based materials in the past.
