Lewis and Brett G. Compton, a former postdoctoral fellow in her group, developed inks of epoxy resins, spiked with viscosity - enhancing nanoclay platelets and a compound called
dimethyl methylphosphonate, and then added two types of fillers: tiny silicon carbide «whiskers» and discrete carbon fibers.
By following one of the well - known recipes for sarinmixing
dimethyl methylphosphonate, phosphorus trichloride, sodium fluoride and alcohol in the right amounts and sequencehe could have made 280 grams of the stuff or a comparable amount of soman or GF.