Understanding the origins of eumelanin's optical properties could help guide the creation
of new synthetic materials, Buehler says.
Ultimately, the implications could include the development of novel antiscalant strategies, the ability to
design new synthetic materials, the control of crystal properties, or a better understanding of CO2 sequestration in sediments, which is relevant to climate change.
For example, as Clayton Christensen, Jason Hwang, and Jerome Grossman wrote in The Innovator's Prescription, as the understanding of quantum mechanics and molecular physics has become better understood and applied, the codification of how to
create new synthetic materials in computer modeling software has allowed many more people without the expertise of the top scientists and engineers in the world to participate in this industry.
«Surgeons who are experts in this area have concluded that there is a need for
a new synthetic material that is better suited for use in the pelvic floor.
In addition to Doerner's particular interest in traditional methods, as implied in his title, he felt able to recommend some of
the new synthetic materials, such as the titanium white and the coal tar «lithol fast scarlet,» which were later used so disastrously by Rothko in his Harvard murals.