Qiao said. "By combining 'soft' spherical liquid metal nanoparticles and 'rigid' rod-like gallium-based nanorods in the 3D printing process, we have been able to replicate the interconnected network ...
What if ceramics could be engineered to have metal-like toughness? It would open a new class of structural material 10X stronger than metals, twice as stiff, half as dense, and capable of ...