• Paper Could Become Stronger than Cast Iron


    Paper consists of mostly cellulose. The new biological nanopaper developed by Lars Berlund from the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology is no different, only that it is as strong as cast iron and could be used one day to create strong sticky tape or tough synthetic replacements for biological tissues and stronger conventional paper. Why not? Cellulose is a type of sugar that makes up most of the chemical composition of the cell walls of plants. Cellulose makes about 50 percent of the struct...

    Published : 2008-06-09 Read more

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