This illustration shows how X-shaped monomers are interlinked to create the first 2D mechanically interlocked polymer. Similar to chainmail, the material exhibits exceptional strength. Credit ...

The material resembles medieval chainmail at the molecular level and could be used in body armor. Chemists have invented a new material that could be the future of body armor — chainmail.

though their basic form is known to us through the millennia-old manufacture of chain mail: small metal rings linked together to form a mesh, most often used as a flexible form of armor.

Researchers in the United States have smashed two records within the realm of armor material ... “It’s similar to chainmail in that it cannot easily rip because each of the mechanical bonds ...

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Resembling the interlocking links in chainmail, the nanoscale material was developed by ... making it a promising material for applications such as light-weight body armor and ballistic fabrics.

New 2D polymer material developed with exceptional strength Material shows potential for use in lightweight body armour Researchers achieve record mechanical bond ...

21st-century chainmail uses molecular instead of metallic links An artist's illustration of the mechanical bonds found in the new, lightweight and super-strong chainmail-like material Mark Seniw ...

Imagine armor as light as fabric yet stronger than steel, built from materials that link together like molecular chainmail. Scientists may have just taken the first step toward making it a reality.