From Katanas to nanolayered composites, a similar processing route

Rafael Sancho Cadenas: Pre-doctoral UPM-MMEAN (DIMMAT-CM PROJECT) From 2010, when the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, graphene has become one of the most important topical issues in the world of Materials Science because of its outstanding properties of strength and electrical conductivity. Adapting the folding-forging technique, which was used by Japanese sword-smiths to combine the hardness of high-carbon steel with the toughness of low-carbon steel to…