Material synthesis is non-trivial because determining the processing conditions needed to produce a target material is difficult.

“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”