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Liquid Crystals Professor Robin Selinger helps develop new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.
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Professor Robin Selinger of Kent State’s Liquid Crystal Institute® helps develop new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.
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One of the top publishing societies in the world names a Kent State professor a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.