“Molecules don’t just thread themselves through each other on ... which is in the same family as Kevlar. With a composite material made of 97 percent Ultem and only 2.5 percent of the new ...

And while Kevlar and its competitors boast high tensile ... that interlock with one another at the ends. Other monomers thread through the gaps between those that are already holding hands.

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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 ...

Investigating the practical nature of the new material, Dichtel's collaborators at Duke University added it to something known as Ultem, a very strong material similar to Kevlar that can resist ...

In the same family as Kevlar, Ultem is an incredibly strong material ... "Molecules don't just thread themselves through each other on their own, so Fraser developed ingenious ways to template ...

But such rings are too small to thread another molecule through them ... Chemical structure of Kevlar. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons “When one applies a light force to the polymer, it ...

In the same family as Kevlar, Ultem is an incredibly strong material that can ... received the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for this work. “Molecules don’t just thread themselves through each other ...