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‘Nanostitches’ enable lighter and tougher composite materials

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nanostitches enable lighter and tougher composite materials

In an approach they call ‘nanostitching,’ engineers used carbon nanotubes to prevent cracking in multilayered composites. The advance could lead to next-generation airplanes and spacecraft.

Source: ScienceDaily.com