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Materials & Manufacturing

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

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Briefs: Materials
The new method produces strips of rubbery material that can pick up and release objects.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Electrical cables are used in services such as power delivery, automation signaling, and communications.
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Briefs: Materials
Optically Reconfigurable Charge-Transfer Liquid Crystals
These re-writeable materials have applications in data storage and encryption, energy transducers, and optical display technologies.
Briefs: Materials
Heat predictably and precisely changes the surface structure of a particle of liquid metal.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The multitasking device could advance development of an electric circuit for faster, next-generation electronics like quantum computing technologies.
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Briefs: Energy
This method of producing clean syngas could be used to develop a sustainable liquid fuel alternative to gasoline.
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
This method can be used to protect stored building materials and to remediate in-service wood and wood products.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The flexible device harvests heat energy from the body to monitor health.
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
This green process produces pristine graphene in bulk using waste food, plastic, and other materials.
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Briefs: Materials
A novel plate-cell architecture reaches the theoretical limit of performance.
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Briefs: Energy
These composites could improve how unmanned vehicles dissipate energy.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This technology supports CO2 emissions reduction in cement manufacturing.
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Briefs: Energy
The rainproof, stainproof technology turns clothing into self-powered remotes while turning away bacteria.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Inspired by the octopus, the structure senses, computes, and responds without any centralized processing.
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Briefs: Materials
A new method could enable vehicles and equipment to better withstand high temperatures, loads, and speeds.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Next-generation devices made with a “peel and stack” method could include electronic chips worn on the skin.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Bandages with integrated pH and temperature sensors, and electronically triggered drug release, improve healing.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
This method uses fiber optic probes for measurement of semiconductors, optical coatings, magnetic read/write heads, and precision machines.
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Briefs: Imaging
The nonlinear camera captures high-resolution images of the interior of solid objects using terahertz (THz) radiation.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This program generates a mesh that conforms to a complex model without clipping.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This passive device relies on a layer of material that blocks incoming sunlight but lets heat radiate away.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
An inexpensive 3D-printed microfluidics device could be used to personalize cancer treatment.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The material consists solely of components that have already been shown to work well in the body.
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Briefs: Materials
A ceramic sensor could be embedded into structures such as bridges and aircraft to monitor their health.
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Briefs: Materials
The AI system can help shorten the time required for 2D material-based electronics to be ready for consumer devices.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Applications include optical data transfer, infrared and night-vision systems, environmental sensors, and breath analysis for medical diagnosis.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Applications include distributed computer systems, computer security, and commercial satellite systems.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The technique could be used to improve navigation for robots, drones, or pedestrians.
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Briefs: Wearables
This on-skin electronic device provides a personal air conditioner without electricity.
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