Basic research opportunities focused on bio-based and bio-inspired materials and potential applications
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Basic research opportunities focused on bio-based and bio-inspired materials and potential applications
The U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) serves as the Army’s premier extramural basic research agency in the engineering, physical, information and life sciences. ARO drives the national basic research agenda and programs in these areas to create new scientific discoveries and increase knowledge through highrisk, high-payoff research opportunities with academia and industry. ARO also ensures that t...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Chemistry
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2296-2646
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2014.00024