GRAPHENE TEXTILES BOOST SPORTS PERFORMANCE AS RESEARCH INTO NEW SUPER-MATERIAL PUSHES AHEAD
March 1st, 2018
WITH boasts of being the strongest, thinnest, most flexible material that is also super-lightweight and an excellent thermal and electronic conductor, the ‘wonder material’ graphene is finding its properties a game changer in the sporting arena – including at last month’s Winter Olympics (February).
The material, which is carbon sliced into tranches invisible to the human eye, thinner than a human hair and 200 times tougher than steel, is made up of a single layer of carbon items.
Its wide range of properties have made it one of the world’s most ...
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