Dr Gilberto Brambilla of the Optoelectronics Research Centre at Southampton University,UK,with a roll of 250 micron optical fibre. Dr Brambilla is researching the production,from this optical fibre,of highly flexible silica fibres of less than 500nm diameter which have a very high tensile strength combined with a low weight. It has been found that,uniquely,the fibres' strength increases as the diameter decreases. These glass nano-wires are expected to have important applications within composite materials used in,for instance,aircraft technology and other fields where the unique weight to strength properties combined with a high degree of flexibility are important | |
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