New Inorganic Materials
Synthetic organic materials have come to play a key role in modern civilization, but unusual materials made out of sand, clay and other minerals have the advantage of requiring a smaller input of energy
The Nature of Composite Materials
Metals, ceramics, glasses and polymers can be combined in materials that have unique properties of their own. Nature uses this principle in wood and bone; man applies it in a new family of supermaterials
Fiber-Reinforced Metals
Modern knowledge of defects in solids opens a way to increase the strength of materials. A promising technique combines strong fibers such as crystal "whiskers" and a matrix of metal