New 'Alien Nanofiber' Has Potential Anti-Counterfeiting Applications

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The new nanofiber looks like an alien, but has the potential to serve anti-counterfeiting purposes.
Under a powerful microscope it looks like an alien – something out of Roswell, N.M., or "The X-Files."
But a brand-new, tiny fiber dubbed the “alien nanofiber,” co-invented by a North Carolina State University textiles professor and a chemical engineering professor from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, has the potential to become a big deterrent to counterfeiters.


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