Materials discovery begins by selecting a material whose atoms are expected to be stable together and whose properties are expected to meet the target.

“So as part of the materials discovery loop,”

“we have to first figure out what to make.”

“So that's the stability of the atoms together.”

“as well as do we expect it to have the properties we want so we don't just want a novel configuration of the atoms we want them when put together to have the property of interest next is how do you synthesize it how do you actually make the thing that's also non-trivial so even if you know something will hold together the process of actually you know what are the processing conditions to actually bring that forth is highly non-trivial but again like the thing once you've done those two steps and you've made something it doesn't come off”