nanotube helmet (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

nanotube helmet

Caption

The new material, created by University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers, has a novel architecture that consists of numerous micrometer-scale cylinder structures, each made of many carbon nanotubes. These structures give the material its extraordinary shock-absorbing properties.

Credit

Ramathasan Thevamaran/University of Wisconsin–Madison

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