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Commentary

Nature Materials 7, 603–605 (1 August 2008) | doi:10.1038/nmat2234

Materials research in China

Lian Zhou , Hengde Li & Changxu Shi

The past 30 years have seen tremendous economic development in China, and the country has taken on an entirely new appearance. Undoubtedly, research and technological advances in materials sciences had an important role in this development by satisfying the growing demands for various materials.