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Nicholas Kotov discusses complex materials and the development of new fused silk materials with applications in security and communications.

U.S. National Science Foundation-supported professor and director of the NSF Center for Complex Particle Systems Nicholas Kotov discusses complex materials and the development of new fused silk materials with applications in security and communications.

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Guest: Nicholas Kotov

Topics covered

• complex materials
• fused silk materials
• security applications
• communications applications
• particle systems

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Organizations: U.S. National Science Foundation, NSF Center for Complex Particle Systems

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