NanoNerds | From Slime to Super Fiber – Marilyn Minus @NanoNerds | Uploaded August 2017 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Northeastern Professor Marilyn Minus wants to make the strongest fibers the world has ever known - at low cost - for light-weight bullet-proof armor, wide-body jets, sports gear, and more.  Here she tells how she found a way to spin such “super fibers” using a composite of gooey long-chain polymers blended with sturdy carbon nanotubes. (20 min.) Produced with funding from an NSF CAREER Award, through Northeastern University; written by Marilyn Minus, produced by Karine Thate, video production by Sound & Vision Media. ©2017 Museum of Science.