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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
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

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

Citation

Amis, E. (2004), Reaching Beyond Discovery, Nature Materials, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=852340 (Accessed October 18, 2025)

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Created February 1, 2004, Updated February 19, 2017
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