What is Buckypaper?

Buckypaper is a material that ten times lighter than steel, but 500 times stronger when sheets are pressed together to form a composite material. 

Made of carbon nanotubes that have been disbursed in a liquid suspension and filtered through fine mesh to make a thin film, scientists think buckypaper will lead to consumer applications possibly within a year.

Buckypaper is excellent at conducting electricity and dispersing heat, and could be used in electromagnetic shielding and lightning protection on airplanes, for fuel cells, batteries and a more efficient ways to disperse heat in laptops.

 In the near future, the Buckypaper’s best potential could be in building light-weight, energy-efficient airplanes and cars.

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GreenSabah says: The Buckypaper is still in an prototype, but once this is made commercial, it will be widely used in building cars and airplanes. Lightweight transportation can help save more fuel, that's for sure. Hope that the scientists working on Buckypaper will see better success in the near future.

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