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Materials science is an interdisciplinary science encompassing many different disciplines [1] [2] [3]. It is the horizon where physics meets chemistry and engineering. It is a subject which is of common interest to both the scientific community engaged in basic research and the engineering community trying to create new technological developments out of novel properties of materials. Materials have been instrumental in the development of human civilization as a whole. Naming various pre-historic eras viz. Stone age, Bronze age, Iron age or Steel age after different materials is a clear indication of the extremely important role played by materials in the development of human societies and civilization. Even in the historic and modern eras, very important discoveries in the field of materials have marked the overall revolutions in human progress. From chinese lodestones for navigation by sailors to the entire silicon based industry which technically runs the modern World on the wings of computers and smartphones, every aspect of our life now has contributions from some fundamental research on materials in the last few hundred years. Therefore materials science research is irreplaceable to fulfill the growing demands of modern society. Recent times have seen various classic discoveries which are mainly material dependent. Thus no doubt it will be, and as we have been seeing in the last few decades, it is one of the most exciting fields of research. Novel phenomena in materials is the route to newer technologies and advances for the human race. Thus it is essential to modify known materials in order to improve their properties and to discover, or even design, new materials with specific properties. Hence there is an ever increasing demand for materials with novel properties.

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