"Metallic wood" makes nickel as strong as titanium, but five times lighter

A new technique has been used to turn ordinary metals into "metallic wood" with a greatly improved strength-to-weight ratio. By manipulating materials at the atomic scale, scientists from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science, the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, and the University of Cambridge claim to have created a sheet of nickel that is as strong as titanium, but up to five times lighter... Continue Reading "Metallic wood" makes nickel as strong as titanium, but five times lighter Category: Materials Tags: Materials Nanomaterials University of Cambridge University of Illinois University of Pennsylvania