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“Biomimetic” materials: A potential distortion of materials policies
Author(s) -
Roy Rustum
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19910030911
Subject(s) - viewpoints , engineering ethics , work (physics) , nanotechnology , materials science , point (geometry) , distortion (music) , management science , engineering physics , mechanical engineering , engineering , physics , amplifier , geometry , mathematics , optoelectronics , cmos , acoustics
Talking Point : As funding for research becomes ever harder to come by, scientists are increasingly forced to emphasize the importance of their work in terms of potential applications. As a result the question has arisen as to whether some researchers are “overselling” their work. In recent articles in Nature and elsewhere this question has caused a heated debate. In this and the following article two viewpoints in this controversy are presented.