New Type of Paper Won’t Let You Just Rip It Apart

June 10, 2008 | Source: New York Times

Researchers in Sweden and Japan have developed “nanopaper”–a much stronger paper, made from much smaller fibrils of cellulose tens of nanometers wide, with a tensile strength greater than that of cast iron.

(American Chemical Society)

(American Chemical Society)

The paper might have applications in construction or as a reinforcing material.