In the modern world the design, development and use ofnew materials is having a major economic and societalimpact in areas as diverse as: healthcare, energy, foodproduction, transport, construction and electronics. Thegrand challenge for the coming decades is to be able tocontrol the properties and functions of these new materi-als through intelligent design in environmentally friendly,energy efficient ways that are not possible presently.The ultimate goal is to be able to design and fabricate amaterial with a targeted range of properties with 100%success.
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