New ‘chain mail’ material of interlocking molecules is tough, flexible and easy to make
New process for making catenanes for potential use in airplanes, armor and other resilient needs
24-Jan-2023 -
University of California, Berkeley, chemists have created a new type of material from millions of identical, interlocking molecules that for the first time allows the synthesis of extensive 2D or 3D structures that are flexible, strong and resilient, like the chain mail that protected medieval ...
catenanes
molecules
synthesis