I've heard about this innovative material before & now more articles about it are popping up online.
Think: the flexibility of paper, strength of steel when stacked together, conductivity of copper & silicon and the heat distribution of aluminium. The only problem at the moment seems to be bonding.
The material is made of carbon nanotubes, which makes for a very smooth surface, rending adhesives ineffective. Now the goal is to artificially add defects to parts of the surface, so that adhesives can be used.
So what does this mean in future?
Customising the shape of your car will be easy, vehicles will be lighter & therefore faster, while burning a lot less fuel to move the weight.
Land speed records will shattered, structures will be much lighter and yet still be able to withstand forces exerted on them, intricate circuitry that is light and doesn't overheat, etc etc.
There's even talk of using it for laptop computers to draw heat away without adding weight to the laptop.
Frankly, I think that as production scales up & costs are decreased, we're going to see Buckypaper being used in many different industries.
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