A Strange New Material Breaks the Usual Rules of Heat and Stiffness

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Illustration of a Layered Hybrid Perovskite FilmA new material barely lets heat through yet is up to 10,000 times stiffer than the silicone used in oven mitts. Researchers at North Carolina State University have engineered a thin film that combines exceptional stiffness with extreme thermal insulation. Its thermal conductivity ranks among the lowest reported for a dense, nonporous material, approaching the [...]
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