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Achieving sustainable nanomaterial design though strategic cultivation of big data

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Standardization and interoperability of data for both the functional and environmental performance properties of nanomaterials is essential to accelerate sustainable design.

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Plata, D.L., Janković, N.Z. Achieving sustainable nanomaterial design though strategic cultivation of big data. Nat. Nanotechnol. 16, 612–614 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-021-00902-7

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