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Nicholas A. Kotov
Principle Investigator
kotov(at)umich(dot)edu
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Welcome to the web site of Kotov group!
Without any hesitation I can say that we are an
excellent scientific team. We strive for the most
creative, forward looking, and unorthodox scientific and
engineering discoveries. Professor A.
Einstein once said “Imagination is more important than
knowledge”. Although giving extra credit to
imagination, we also strive for the most rigorous and
diligent proof of hypotheses we make.
Imagination without strict logic, sweat, doubt, and long
hours is wishful thinking.
Our core expertise in material designs from nanometer scale
to micron scale. This transcends all the projects
that you will see on this web site and other that are just
in the beginning of their development. Ask yourself
the question what functions you want to have, i.e. optical,
mechanical, biological, etc., then define the structural
characteristics that determine these functions, and, after
that, create the materials. Quite often Nature
does not need any force to produce remarkable materials.
They self-organize following the laws which are potentially
common for nanometer scale colloids and biology. This
is important part of many of our approaches.
Kotov group
combines rare diversity of the projects starting from
computer simulations of nanoparticle behavior to 3D
organization on stem cells and drug discovery. Such
diversity is not accidental. The most profound
discoveries of today’s science are happening at the
interfaces of different disciplines. Over several years
passed, we developed facilities and expertise within the
group which allow us to exchange diverse schools of thoughts
and ideas without leaving the group meeting room.
Students, post-docs, and visiting scientists in Kotov group
have a chance to see and try a variety of techniques and be
exposed to multiple scientific interfaces sparking
creativity and new discoveries.
Glad that you
stop by our web site,
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