Ultra-Strong Nanotube Composites

TheMatt writes "In a story that makes you say "Cool!", Nicholas Kotov and co-workers have created a nanotube composite material six times stronger than carbon-fiber composites. Their final product is a crosslinked material which appears to be just as strong as silicon carbide and tantalum carbide!"

Comments

Dear god!

[Snafoo]

Not...tantalum carbide...?

too expensive, but cool nontheless

[spudwiser]

nanotubes are of course still too expensive to produce, but still, the idea to make something 6 times stronger than traditional carbon fibers just makes me really want these science-geeks figure out how to make a computer chassis out of it so i can throw it at someone at my next lan party.

Re:too expensive, but cool nontheless

[Myco]

Maybe if you overclock it...

Ultra strong girls blouses?

[Noodlenose]

Cool! Would that mean you could finally wear the equivalent of a mithril-vest for slashdot: A troll - proof undergarment?