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Looking for design in materials design

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Despite great advances in computation, materials design is still science fiction. The construction of structure–property relations on the quantum scale will turn computational empiricism into true design.

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We thank the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for the support of our research.

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  1. Department of Chemistry & Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, 80401, Colorado, USA

    M. E. Eberhart

  2. Department of Physics, University of Vermont, Burlington, 05405-0125, Vermont, USA

    D. P. Clougherty

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Eberhart, M., Clougherty, D. Looking for design in materials design. Nature Mater 3, 659–661 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1229

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