Our Shared Responsibility for the Future and Health of Materials Research Globally (Part Ⅱ)

摘要

The discovery of x-rays, and the invention of the electron microscope, enabled the understanding of crystal structure and defects. This facilitated a fundamental understanding of mechanical properties of materials, band structure, and electron transport, among other things. The understanding of Brownian motion came early during the last century (1905) and enabled the understanding of the connection between structure and atomic transport of materials. Throughout most of the 20th century, physics had a profound impact on the development of fundamental materials science.