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Architecturing materials at mesoscale: some current trends

Yuri Estrina Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Australia;b Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Perth, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 399-421 | Received 01 Jul 2021, Published online: 06 Aug 2021

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