During the first half of the 1990 s, the number of graduate students has increased and Material Science items are used by many disciplines. New courses recently introduced include work on nanostructures, surfaces, new materials, optical materials and electronics.
Materials science is a burgeoning field.
Its collecting goal, however, is at the research level. Audio-visual materials, dissertations, maps and newspapers are excluded. We collect materials focusing on current research topics extensively and 20th century topics selectively.