In this paper, we evaluate the strength, toughness and stiffness of super-nanotubes, just recently discovered, and of the related fibre-reinforced composites. The prediction of huge toughening mechanisms suggests the feasibility of ‘super-composites'. We found the optimum for super-nanotubes with a number of ∼2 hierarchal levels, similar to the optimization done by Nature in nacre.
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