Materials science is one of the most quickly emerging sciences, that were formed in relatively recent times. Although materials have since always been a very important part in human life, they become subject of extensive scientific research in the 19. and 20. century. Throughout history humans have used materials that could easily be found in the nature, for example wood and stone. With time, our ancestors learned to make and use metals, like copper and iron, and many alloys, like bronze. Some materials, like gold, were and are still used extensive in jewelry because of its unique coloration among metals, and the inability to corrode, which makes it stable for long periods of time. It is also important to mention steel as one of also relatively recent materials, that, we could say without exaggeration, started a whole industrial era on its ow, thanks to many applications that were found for this material as time passed by.

Nowadays, we are using many new types of metals, like aluminium and titanium, and their alloys that are mostly very strong, and at the same time, have a relatively low density, and because of that, these alloys are often very light. Also, today, we have a great amount of organic materials like polyethylene (PE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyethylene teraphthalate (PET), and many others. All these materials are products of extensive research done in the domain of materials science, but also the science of chemistry that is a very important part of materials science. There are also a lot of composite materials that have very interesting properties. Basically, these materials are produced by combining several different materials. A common example for such a material is armed concrete, which is composed of two materials: concrete and iron or steel bars inside of it.

This is truly a interesting science, with still many things to be explored, researched, and learned about chemistry and properties of materials, and it will be interesting to see how things will evolve in this new domain of science.