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Reaching Beyond Discovery

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Author(s)

Eric J. Amis

Abstract

Whatever you are trying to make, the choice of materials is often bewildering. Novel combinatorial approaches allow you to reduce the time and costs necessary to optimize results, while stimulating the quest for deeper fundamental knowledge.
Citation
Nature Materials
Volume
3
Issue
No. 2

Keywords

combi factory, combinatorial methods, microfluidics, optimization, sensor arrays

Citation

Amis, E. (2004), Reaching Beyond Discovery, Nature Materials, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=852340 (Accessed October 10, 2025)

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Created February 1, 2004, Updated February 19, 2017
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