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Novel materials from theory

Nature volume 338, pages 291–292 (1989)Cite this article

The structures of crystals can be predicted using information about their chemical composition as the only input. Such approaches will greatly aid the search for new materials.

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  2. the Materials and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, California, 94720, USA

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