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MIT Engineers Create the “Impossible” – New Material That Is Stronger Than Steel and As Light as Plastic scitechdaily.com/mit...

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published 2/3/2022

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Mike O'Neill, Anne Trafton, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology

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The new substance is the result of a feat thought to be impossible: polymerizing a material in two dimensions. Using a novel polymerization process, MIT chemical engineers have created a new material that is stronger than steel and as light as plastic, and can be easily manufactured in large quan