Materials Experience 2: Expanding Territories of Materials and Design

2021-09-01
Pedgley, Owaın Francıs
Rognoli, Valentina
Karana, Elvin

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O. F. Pedgley, V. Rognoli, and E. Karana, Materials Experience 2: Expanding Territories of Materials and Design. 2021.