The upcoming Magic Materials exhibition at the Science Gallery in Trinity College coincides this weekend with the launch of Nanoweek 2012, which runs from 14th – 21st September.
Magical Materials is a free, month long show at Science Gallery which explores the peculiar properties of the world’s most futuristic and spectacular materials. Visitors to the exhibition will have a chance to see, touch and experience almost fifty Magical Materials including: Aerogel (the lightest solid in the world), Graphene (a layer of graphite just one atom thick but 200 times stronger than steel) and Smart textiles (that store information, keep your gadgets charged and raise oxygen levels in blood).
Photo: Ms Mary Mullaghy (ISTA National Chairperson) with students Aoibheann Farrelly, Grainne Clarke & Eileen McDermott from Eureka Secondary School, Kells, Co Meath.
