Chapter 1

Preface

Christos Liaskos, Ageliki Tsioliaridou, Sotiris Ioannidis

Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, 71110, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Over a long course of the last six years, a large group of scientists had the pleasure of exploring an exciting direction and perhaps a programmer’s sci-fi dream: to “talk” to materials with software commands, and tune their physical properties accordingly. In the last three years, with the support of the European Union and the Future and Emerging Technologies program of Horizon 2020 and an excellent consortium, this concept was advanced significantly.

Writing a book about this new concept perhaps preceded any other of our joint intentions, and has been in our minds from the start. However, ...

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