Tailored bulletproof suits use carbon nanotubes
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.027495
The Globe and Mail : Garrison Bespoke, a Toronto tailoring company, has unveiled a line of hand-tailored suits lined with sheets of carbon nanotubes. The sheets make the suits able to stop bullets from semiautomatic handguns and can also protect wearers from knife attacks and shrapnel from explosions. Michael Nguyen, co-owner of the company, was prompted to investigate the possibility of creating bulletproof suits when one of his customers was killed in the Philippines. David Tran, the company’s head of marketing, obtained the carbon nanotube material from a US company that provides antiballistic armor for US Army Special Forces. The cloth sheets provide stopping power equal to that of Kevlar with just 50% of the weight, so they can be easily incorporated into a suit without significantly altering its appearance.
