Materials by design—A perspective from atoms to structures

Biological materials are effectively synthesized, controlled, and used for a variety of purposes in Nature—in spite of limitations in energy, quality, and quantity of their building blocks. Whereas the chemical composition of materials in the living world plays some role in achieving functional prop...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Buehler, Markus J.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Cambridge University Press (Materials Research Society) 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/89211
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