Combinatorial Materials Science (PDF)

Combinatorial Materials Science describes new developments
and research results in catalysts, biomaterials, and nanomaterials,
together with informatics approaches to the analysis of
Combinatorial Science (CombiSci) data. CombiSci has been used
extensively in the pharmaceutical industry, but there is enormous
potential in its application to materials design and
characterization. Addressing advances and applications in both
fields, Combinatorial Materials Science:

* Integrates the scientific fundamentals and interdisciplinary
underpinnings required to develop and apply CombiSci concepts

* Discusses the development and use of CombiSci for the
systematic and accelerated investigation of new phenomena and of
the complex structure-function interplay in materials

* Covers the development of new library design strategies for
materials processing and for high-throughput tools for rapid
sampling

* Uses a unique, unified approach of applying combinatorial
methods to unravel the non-linear structure-function relationships
in diverse materials (both hard and soft), together with advances
in informatics

With chapters written by leading researchers in their specialty
areas, this authoritative guide is a must-have resource for
scientists and engineers in materials science research,
biochemists, chemists, immunologists, cell biologists, polymer
scientists, chemical and mechanical engineers, statisticians, and
computer scientists. It is also a great text for graduate-level
courses in materials science/engineering, polymer science, chemical
engineering, and chemistry.