Materials & Coatings

Access our comprehensive library of technical briefs on materials and coatings, from engineering experts at NASA and government, university, and commercial laboratories.

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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The domino effect is used to design deployable systems that expand quickly with a small push and are stable and locked into place after deployment.
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Briefs: Materials
Additive Manufacturing Method for Sub-Microscale Three-Dimensional Structures
Applications include MEMS, microlattice fabrication, and other sub-microscale 3D structures with a broad range of materials.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The coating could make lightweight lithium metal batteries safe and long-lasting for the next generation of electric vehicles.
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Briefs: Materials
The coating protects parking decks, bridges, concrete piers, offshore platforms, buildings, and cooling towers.
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Briefs: Imaging
Hardware and software tweak microwave patterns to discover the most efficient way to identify objects.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
These materials can be used in soft robotics, self-healing electronics, and medical devices.
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Briefs: Defense
The new body armor can safeguard against even more powerful firearms during combat.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
The electrospun nanofibers are used for wound healing and 3D matrices for biological tissues.
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Briefs: Materials
The adhesive that binds wet surfaces within seconds could be used to heal wounds or implant medical devices.
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Briefs: Materials
A new method provides a more efficient, safer, and cost-effective way to produce cadmium telluride material for solar cells or other applications.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
These carbon-based fillers can be used in thermally conductive clothing such as liquid-cooled garments.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This imaging technique could impact optical communications and signal processing.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This work could accelerate the development of flexible electronics.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The lasers are small and efficient enough to fit on a microchip.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This cost-saving piping insulation has uses in refrigerated containers that protect food, medicine, and other perishables.
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Briefs: Materials
These materials can be used in aerospace vehicles, automobiles, clothing, helmets, and chemical sensors.
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Briefs: Energy
These thin films hold great promise for solar cells and LEDs.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Researchers have developed new nanoscale technology to image and measure more of the stresses and strains on materials under high pressures.
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Briefs: Materials
Titanium-copper alloys for 3D printing could create high-performance alloys for medical device and aerospace applications.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
A wireless sensor small enough to be implanted in the blood vessels of the human brain could help clinicians evaluate the healing of aneurysms.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This system protects workers on lightning and telecommunications towers, and on oil and gas platforms.
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Briefs: Energy
An engineered surface treatment can reduce waste and improve efficiency in many processes.
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Briefs: Materials
Production Method for High-Performance Polymer
A new composite nanoparticle catalyst produces a polymer to make body armor and other high-performance fabrics.
Briefs: Materials
The coating can prevent the transfer of antibiotic-resistant superbugs and other bacteria in settings ranging from hospitals to kitchens.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This framework can be used by commercial and military aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
3D Printing Technique Produces “Living” 4D Materials
3D/4D printing is merged with a chemical process to produce “living” resin, which has potential for recycling and biomedicine.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The functional transistors are integrated with ferroelectric RAM.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
This process turns carbon dioxide into carbon nanotubes with small diameters.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The ultra-fast method analyzes a wider range of materials than current thermal-based detection systems.
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