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Imagine how much control over resultant properties of a specific material you would have, if you could deposit each individual atom into a predefined arrangement toward a new material.
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Rahmandoust, M., Ayatollahi, M.R. (2016). Introduction. In: Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Based Composites under Consideration of Defects. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 39. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00251-4_1
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