The silk road to innovation: Entrepreneur Ailis Tweed-Kent, ’07, gives an ancient fiber new purpose
Silk is the superhero of materials—as strong as a filament of steel, as stretchy as a bungee, yet able to dissolve naturally right back into the carbon cycle. To leverage silk’s special powers, Dr. Ailis Tweed-Kent, an alumna of Notre Dame’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular …
