Survival of the cheapest

Materials Today

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 28-41

  Vincent, Julian F V ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COSTS; ECOLOGY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; RECYCLING;

HEDGEHOG SPINE; INEXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCES; PORCUPINE QUILL; PRICING;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0141740973     PISSN: 13697021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1369-7021(02)01237-3     Document Type: Review

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