STRENGTH 1 (IMAGE)

Rice University

STRENGTH 1

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Rice University researchers modeled the relationship between the length of carbon nanotubes and the friction-causing crosslinks between them in a fiber and found the ratio can be used to measure the fiber's strength.

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Illustration by Evgeni Penev/Rice University

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