Materials science research future applications

Basic research in ion implantation is slowly moving its empliasis from the semiconductor field to the field of material science, as already mentioned in the introduction. Accordingly, the chemical aspects of ion implantation are gaining more importance and interest. Since the chemical studies represent up to now only a small part of the work done, there is an extraordinarily extensive area of science awaiting future activity. In this short final chapter I shall try to point out the domains of special interest for basic science as well as for applications. The description of future trends is naturally not objective but reflects the personal view of the author. 

From a more conceptual point of view, it is the introduction of higher-dimensional defects that allows the transition to a soft materials science , characterized by an enhanced information content even in systems in which the atomic bonds are not covalent. The future will be witness to increased research and applications in the field of metastable materials characterized by increased local complexity, with the possibility of further systematic collaboration with semiconductor physics and biology. 

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Nevertheless, the need for systems having even better optoelectronic properties to be used in applications has driven researchers in materials science to develop novel compounds and novel structures. As the results of such activity the advances in organic material science have generated a vital and growing interest in organic materials research which could potentially revolutionize future electronic applications. The current development prospects of organic materials are, however, mostly limited in their scope to relatively low-performance areas. One of the reasons for this is, for instance, the low mobility of charge carriers. 

The volume on Computational Material Sciences covers selected examples of notable applications of computational techniques to material science. They include discussions of the phenomenon of chaos in chemistry, reaction networic analysis, and mechanisms of formation of clusters. More practical applications contain reviews of computational design of new materials and the prediction of properties and structuTKi of well known molecular assemblies. Also current developments of effective conqjutational methods which will help in understanding, predicting, and optimizing periodic systems, nanostructures, clusters and model surfaces are covered in this volume. However, as always, one volume cannot provide a comprehensive review of such a broad area as material science. As usual few people were xmable to contribute therefore, some important work must have been overlooked. The editor hopes that despite its incompleteness, this collection of chapters not only demonstrates the enormous progress that has been made in this area but also will provide impetus for future research activities. 

National Research Council (2011) Opportunities in Protection Materials Science and Techrwlogy for Future Army Applications, The National Academies Press, Washington, DC. 

The future of chemistry is as big as our planet and as small as nanomolecules that can never be seen by the human eye. Research and applications of chemistry that consider everything from the purification of our air, to the speed of our computers will be increasingly important for decades to come. The materials and machines of science fiction will become reality as humankind grows in its knowledge of this fascinating science. 

The world has a growing number of synchrotron infrared beamlines and their use has also rapidly grown across a wide number of scientific applications. This review is far from comprehensive, but we hope it has highlighted several of the exciting recent developments in the field and the application of these sources to a wide variety of materials science. And in the near future we anticipate several advances, which will further increase the uses and capabilities of synchrotron, based infrared spectroscopies and microscopies. To find out more about how synchrotron infrared techniques may play a role in your research, we encourage you to contact one of the many friendly infrared beamline scientists at a synchrotron light source near you [2]. 

These conducting polymers, so-called organic metals or synthetic metals , will play an interesting fundamental role in the basic research of chemistry, physics, material sciences, and applied sciences in the future. Further knowledge of synthesis-structure-properties relationships will improve the route that starts with the identification of a need and finally arrives at the identification and synthesis of the new polymer structures required. The actual and potential applications of PT and its derivatives indicate that they will play an important role in daily life in the near future. 

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