New microchip material is 10 times stronger than Kevlar

Get a daily digest of the latest news in tech, science, and technology, delivered right to your mailbox. Subscribe now.a novel material that has a yield strength ten times higher than Kevlar, rivaling the strength of other super strong alternatives such as graphene and diamonds.

“To better understand the crucial characteristic of "amorphous", think of most materials as being made up of atoms arranged in a regular pattern, like an intricately built Lego tower,” explained assistant professor Richard Norte who led the new work. However, this randomization does not lead to fragility as one might assume. Amorphous silicon carbide, in fact, provides proof that strength can arise from unpredictability as the material boasts a tensile strength of 10 GigaPascal .

In addition to its remarkable strength, this material exhibits mechanical qualities that are essential for vibration isolation on a microchip. Thus, amorphous silicon carbide is especially well suited for creating extremely sensitive microchip sensors.To study this unique application potential, the researchers employed a microchip-based method for material testing, which guarantees previously unheard-of precision.

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