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Since ancient times, societies have manipulated materials in their surroundings to fabricate items that address a societal need and/or desire. This opening chapter of Materials Chemistry will provide a historical perspective of materials discovery, and how new techniques such as machine learning will be extremely important for future discoveries. Details regarding materials sustainability and life cycle analysis are also provided.
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Fahlman, B.D. (2023). What is “Materials Chemistry”?. In: Materials Chemistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18784-1_1
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