Science does not stand still.
Scientists from rice University (USA) created the world’s first graphene pair of sneakers, and believe that the future for such sports shoes.
Still, it’s an amazing material – graphene, which is a two-dimensional carbon modification. Since 2004, when he was first able to create graphene has been used in the production of flexible smartphones and medical instruments, aircraft and missiles, building materials and cars.
It is used for cancer treatment and decontamination of radioactive waste. But I think now it intends to use for the manufacture of shoes, which are required to withstand high mechanical loads.
Researchers from the private rice University (Houston) have created the world’s first graphene sneakers. According to scientists, these shoes are not only that has incredible strength and durability, it is also very comfortable and has excellent conductive properties.
The grapheme of footwear is extremely flexible, it can bend, twist, fold and stretch without any damage to its structure. At the same time, its elasticity, strength and wear resistance 50% higher than that of the strong athletic shoes created today.
Experiments confirmed that the sneakers made from graphene is able without the slightest damage to withstand a continuous load of at least 500 km. For comparison, the best-known manufacturers of sports shoes now usually give their products a guarantee of a maximum of 300 km.
All this is achieved due to the fact that graphene is one of the thinnest and lightest materials in the world with shock absorbing properties, in tens and even hundreds of times the strength of steel.
Curiously, before this, the same scientists experimented with the addition of graphene into the fabric of the dress in the end they got the clothes which is impossible to break.
Of course, the created graphene sneakers cannot be called very cheap. However, and fabulously expensive too, they are not. Their price was $200 – agree that it is not so much for the right to have one of the strongest pairs of sneakers in the world.
It is known that scientists have not only patented his invention of graphene sneakers, but sold it to one of the known brands of sportswear is a British company inov-8. It is planned that the serial production of the strongest sports shoes will begin in the next year.
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