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carbon nanotube forests

This schematic shows an engineered material with composite layers. Layers of carbon fibers (the long silver tubes) have microscopic forests of carbon nanotubes between them (the array of tiny brown objects). These tiny, densely packed fibers grip and hold the layers together, like ultrastrong Velcro, preventing the layers from peeling or shearing apart.

‘Nanostitches’ Enable Lighter and Tougher Composite Materials

by Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Engineers use of carbon nanotubes to prevent cracking in multilayered composites may lead to next-generation aircraft

In Nanotube Science, Is Boron Nitride the New Carbon?

by Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Scientists Grow the Longest Carbon Nanotube Forest Yet

by Waseda University

'Waviness' Explains Why Carbon Nanotube Forests Have Low Stiffness

by Georgia Institute of Technology

A new study has found that “waviness” in forests of vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes dramatically reduces their stiffness, answering a long-standing question surrounding the tiny structures.