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: Photonics/Optics
This innovation could lead to better drones, satellites, and biomedical devices.
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Briefs: Materials
Hybrid organic-inorganic materials transfer ultra-small, high-aspect-ratio features into silicon for next-generation electronic devices.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Filaments with embedded circuitry can be used to print complex shapes for biomedical and robotic devices.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
These materials may replace metals as lightweight, flexible heat dissipators in cars, computers, cellphones, and refrigerators.
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Briefs: Materials
The flat structure morphs into another shape when temperature changes, enabling self-deploying tents or adaptive robotic fins.
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Briefs: Materials
The films could be used in impact-resistant glazing, windscreens, and displays.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Equipment-free textile detectors could be used in public health, workplace safety, military, and rescue applications.
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Briefs: Materials
This technology could be used to create smartphones that don't scratch or shatter, metal-free pacemakers, and electronics for space and other harsh environments.
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Briefs: Motion Control
These soft robots can be rolled up and carried in a pocket.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Such machines, only a few tens of micrometers across, could be used in the human body to perform small operations.
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Briefs: Imaging
A nanoantenna-enabled detector boosts the usable signal of a thermal infrared camera by up to three times.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The Planetary Tides Simulation Facility for Simulation Tidal Strain in Planetary Ice Analogs
Applications include modeling of tidal stress response of icy satellites as well as fatigue of terrestrial ice shelves.
Briefs: Materials
Chromium Removal from PVC Filters
The process does not cause any structural changes to the PVC filter membrane.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This electronic pill can relay diagnostic information or release drugs in response to smartphone commands.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
A carbon nanotube heat shield can better protect extremely fast aircraft.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
These barrier coatings protect high-performance components in extreme environments.
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
A solvent leaches cobalt and lithium for reuse from spent batteries.
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Briefs: Materials
Interaction of sound and light reveals new information of a crystal's quantum properties.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
This microbot can walk on land, swim, and walk underwater.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Applying a surface-active agent makes metal easier to cut and shape into parts and pieces.
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Briefs: Automotive
These robust materials convert excess heat energy into electricity.
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Briefs: Medical
This electronic skin can track heart rate, respiration, muscle movement, and other health data.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This thin film can be used for ground-based and airborne applications in aircraft, balloons, and other flight missions.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The non-destructive coating has applications in structural health monitoring, aerospace, automotive, and military/defense.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Ultra-thin SiC microstructures enable batch fabrication of MEMS, NEMS, pressure sensors, and biosensors.
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Briefs: Materials
This plant-based material can be manufactured using water as a solvent instead of other harmful solvents.
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Briefs: Aerospace
Load-bearing structures in cars and airplanes could be manufactured from the metal foam.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
According to the United Nations, 2.1 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services and the majority live in developing nations. A process was developed...
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