Merit indices are used to rank materials and are of fundamental importance in materials selection.
Understanding the effects of interfacial properties on effective elastic properties is of great importance in materials science and engineering.
An understanding of abrasion resistance and the associated surfaces deformation mechanisms is of primary importance in materials engineering and design [Wear (1998)].
Injuries to these ligaments do not appear to have been a discriminating factor of importance in this material' [70].
Determining sustainable solutions is also of importance in dredged material management, for which the SMAA-TRI approach is eminently suitable.
It also shows that switching to the new operating conditions does not significantly alter the global distribution characteristics of the temperature which is of paramount importance in the material production process.
One-electron oxidation of sulfides gives radical cations, of importance in conducting materials; these radical cations can dimerize to give dithia dications, R2S+−S+R2, which can also be formed in reactions involving bis-sulfides, molecules with two spatially separated sulfide groups.
These are major discoveries of fundamental importance in guiding materials development and in validating modelling studies.
Delamination of clay platelets is of fundamental importance in designing materials with desired properties.
Such studies assume importance in designing materials for solid state ionic devices.
