Materials in the 21st century's global economy: Innovation vs. Discovery

摘要

In this new "information age" and the anticipated "century ofbiology11' current popular literature indicates that science and technology activities will revolve around discoveries and technical applications in informatics and molecular biology. However1 new products for both information technologies and the health sciences will depend on the integration of materials and materials processing in electronics, computers, optical devices, pharmaceuticals, and transportation vehicles.