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Towards systems materials engineering

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System-level planning of theoretical and experimental efforts is increasingly important for the development of modern materials science.

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Figure 1: Individual components within overall systems.
Figure 2: The traditional materials science tetrahedron (left) versus the emerging systems materials engineering triangle (right).

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 94720, California, USA

    Peidong Yang

  2. CEAMR-KAU, King Abudulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia

    Peidong Yang

  3. Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, 94720, California, USA

    Peidong Yang

  4. LRCS, UMR CNRS 6007, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 33 Rue St.-Leu, Cedex, 80039, France

    Jean-Marie Tarascon

  5. Collège de France, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, Paris, 75005, France

    Jean-Marie Tarascon

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