Made to measure : new materials for the 21st century /

Made to Measure introduces a general audience to one of today's most exciting areas of scientific research: materials science. Philip Ball describes how scientists are currently inventing thousands of new materials, ranging from synthetic skin, blood, and bone to substances that repair themselv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ball, Philip, 1962-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1997]
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments The art of making
  • Light talk : photonic materials
  • Total recall : materials for information storage
  • Clever stuff : smart materials
  • Only natural : biomaterials
  • Spare parts : biomedical materials
  • Full power : materials for clean energy
  • Tunnel vision : porous materials
  • Hard work : diamond and hard materials
  • Chain reactions : the new polymers
  • Face value : surfaces and interfaces
  • Bibliography
  • Figure credits
  • Index.