FSU research on CNN "buckypaper"

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<p>Nice coverage.</p>

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TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) – It’s called “buckypaper” and looks a lot like ordinary carbon paper, but don’t be fooled by the cute name or flimsy appearance. It could revolutionize the way everything from airplanes to TVs are made.
Florida State University researcher Ben Wang, whose computer screen shows a microscopic view of buckypaper.</p>

<p>Florida State University researcher Ben Wang, whose computer screen shows a microscopic view of buckypaper.</p>

<p>Buckypaper is 10 times lighter but potentially 500 times stronger than steel when sheets of it are stacked and pressed together to form a composite. Unlike conventional composite materials, though, it conducts electricity like copper or silicon and disperses heat like steel or brass.</p>

<p>“All those things are what a lot of people in nanotechnology have been working toward as sort of Holy Grails,” said Wade Adams, a scientist at Rice University.</p>

<p>That idea – that there is great future promise for buckypaper and other derivatives of the ultra-tiny cylinders known as carbon nanotubes – has been floated for years now. However, researchers at Florida State University say they have made important progress that may soon turn hype into reality.

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<p>Source: [Revolutionary</a> paper is stronger than steel - CNN.com](<a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/10/17/buckypaper.invention.ap/index.html]Revolutionary”>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/10/17/buckypaper.invention.ap/index.html)</p>