A solid explosive with an energy density equivalent to that of nitroglycerine: this is the composite material produced by researchers at the Laboratoire d'Analyse et d'Architecture des Systèmes (CNRS) in Toulouse, in collaboration with the Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche et d'Ingénierie des Matériaux (Université Toulouse 3 / INP Toulouse / CNRS), using an innovative production process that brings nanoparticles into contact with strands of DNA.
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