Strong, Stretchy Nanocomposites Mimic Spider Silk
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January 24, 2007
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Download video directlyResearchers at MIT have developed a new nanocomposite that is superior to previous synthetic materials in strength and stretchiness by using extremely tiny clay disks to mimic the the structure of natural spider silk at the billionths-of-a-meter scale.
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