Graphene’s next trick? Creating foil-thin body armor that’s harder than diamonds
Graphene, an incredibly strong materialmade up of a single layer of carbon atoms joined in a honeycomb pattern, is pretty darn versatile. Whether it isfiltering seawater to make it drinkable, makingrubber bands super strong, creating somekickass running shoes, oreven diagnosing cancer, graphene can seemingly do it all. Its latest astonishing trick? Quite possibly one day being used to manufacture ultrathin body armor, as light as foil, but strong as diamonds, that is capable of stopping a bullet dead in its tracks....