Damascus Steel: A Premier in Material Science and Nanoengineering

By Allison Kubo Hutchison Reproduced Wootz Damascus blade showing both a ladder and rose pattern made by Alfred Pendray. Photo by JD Verhoeven, AH Pendray and WE Dauksh. Material science and nanoengineering are emerging fields promising to revolutionize the industry, medicine, and energy technologies. But our understanding of both is rooted in ancient knowledge. Would it surprise you to know that we had knowledge of and used nanoparticles as far back as 400 CE? Roman technologists were using gol...