NTU Asst Prof Wang Yifan holding the stiffened nylon chain mail in a vacuum-packed envelope (IMAGE)

Nanyang Technological University

NTU Asst Prof Wang Yifan holding the stiffened nylon chain mail in a vacuum-packed envelope

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NTU Asst Prof Wang Yifan bending the nylon chain mail, encased in a plastic envelope and vacuum-packed, which makes it 25 times stiffer than usual.

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NTU Singapore

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