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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Top 10 Advances in Materials Science?

What are the defining discoveries, moments of inspiration, or shifts in understanding that have shaped the dynamic field of materials science we know today?

This post makes an evaluation and does a selection. It has tried to focus on the advances that have either changed our lives or are in the process of changing them.

The list?

1. International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors
2. Scanning probe microscopes
3. Giant magnetoresistive effect
4. Semiconductor lasers and LEDs
5. National Nanotechnology Initiative
6. Carbon fiber reinforced plastics
7. Materials for Li ion batteries
8. Carbon nanotubes
9. Soft lithography
10. Metamaterials

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