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: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A newly developed architected metamaterial has the ability to change shape in a tunable fashion.
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Briefs: Energy
The material could help protect both civilian and military personnel in earthquakes.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This integrated nanosensor is printed on a daughter board using 3D printing techniques.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
The improved rectennas could operate low-power devices such as temperature sensors.
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Briefs: Materials
The technology welds adjacent 3D-printed layers more effectively, thereby increasing the reliability of the final part.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Ultra-thin and flexible metalenses could replace traditional camera lenses.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
These nanomaterial strain sensors are ten times more sensitive when measuring minute movements compared to existing technology.
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Briefs: Automotive
The polyimide composites have uses in aerospace, automotive, construction, electronics, mechanical systems, and industrial machinery.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A new method manufactures complex shapeshifters for soft robots and biomedical implants.
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Briefs: Communications
Applications include terahertz medical imaging and communications.
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Briefs: Imaging
This rapid and cost-effective technique yields a uniform etched surface with 99.5 percent emissivity.
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Briefs: Materials
Material for Wearable Biosensors
Electrospinning is used to make porous silicone that allows sweat to evaporate.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This system treats light-responsive disorders or deficits such as eating disorders, sleep problems, hormone-sensitive cancers, and cardiovascular disorders.
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Briefs: Materials
A new method of linking materials with unique mechanical properties could enable robots made of robots.
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Briefs: Materials
The stretchable sensor has applications in environmental monitoring and healthcare.
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Briefs: Materials
A smart fiber being tested on the International Space Station could be used to develop space dust telescopes and allow astronauts to feel through their pressurized suits.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Applications include detection of explosives, navigation, and aerospace altitude sensing.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The material could enable cheaper and more environmentally friendly displays and large-area lighting.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A technique enables manufacturing of minuscule robots by interlocking multiple materials in a complex way.
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Briefs: Wearables
This system can track the motion of the entire body with a small sensory network.
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Briefs: Energy
Research demonstrates the potential of a solar unit that can hang on the outside of a structure.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
This device for harnessing terahertz radiation might enable self-powering implants, cellphones, and other portable electronics.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The material, commonly found in house paint, can be used in a device to more efficiently process information.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The system uses off-the-shelf materials combined with ultraviolet lights to decontaminate N95 masks.
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Briefs: Energy
Method Tests Microscopic Aeronautical Materials
This process breaks the temperature barrier in small-scale materials testing.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The robot’s extendable appendage can wind through tight spaces and then lift heavy loads.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Invisible displays on walls and windows would be bright when turned on but invisible when turned off.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The soft, wearable device simulates the sense of touch and has wide potential in medical and industrial applications.
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Briefs: Materials
Researchers developed a wearable technology that can hide its wearer from heat-detecting sensors such as night vision goggles, even when the ambient temperature changes. The technology can...
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