Materials & Coatings

Coatings & Adhesives

Browse the latest news and technical briefs that explore coatings and adhesives. Access the coatings and adhesive applications used in military, aerospace, medical devices, and automotive.

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Briefs: Medical
This nanoparticle-based adhesive is visible in common imaging techniques such as computed tomography (CT).
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Articles: Materials
NASA's graphene composites, textile pressure sensors, and a better kind of glass.
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5 Ws: Materials
A medical patch can be folded around minimally invasive surgical tools and delivered through airways, intestines, and other narrow spaces.
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Articles: Photonics/Optics
See what kinds of applications require high-precision laser glass with demanding dimensional tolerances and high-power laser coatings.
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Products: Materials
Vision software, thermal sensors, ceramic pastes, and more.
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Briefs: Aerospace
The coatings can be deposited on substrates such as glass, polymers, metals, and aerogels.
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Briefs: Materials
Researchers have demonstrated that they can attract, capture, and destroy perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a group of federally regulated substances nicknamed “the forever chemicals”...
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Briefs: Materials
A potential boon to green manufacturing, the new glue saves on energy, time, and space.
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Briefs: Materials
A chemical process converts polyethylene plastic into a strong, valuable adhesive.
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Briefs: Materials
Applications include terahertz medical imaging and communications.
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Blog: Materials
The hard “coin,” could be used to make super-strength metal coatings or larger industrial components.
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Blog: Materials
The non-contact method of curing leads to adhesives that can be activated on demand.
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Podcasts: Materials
Learn how RepelWrap began, and how the material can fend off drug-resistant bacteria, from MRSA to coronaviruses.
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Products: Data Acquisition
Mixed-signal oscilloscopes, 3D printers, DC/DC converters, and more.
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Briefs: Aerospace
Method Tests Microscopic Aeronautical Materials
This process breaks the temperature barrier in small-scale materials testing.
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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Articles: Energy
RadiBond technology, based on nanometer-thin coatings, provides ultra-strong and ultra-tight bonding between metals and plastics.
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Articles: Materials
Read all about this year's "Create the Future" winner: A transparent flexible film called "RepelWrap."
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Blog: Materials
The RepelWrap inventors explain why their product is especially valuable as the world confronts a pandemic like COVID-19.
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Products: Imaging
Multi-sensor imaging systems, eyesafe laser finders, machine vision algorithms, and more.
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5 Ws: Imaging
Users can take paper sheets from a notebook and turn them into a music player interface or make food packaging interactive.
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Briefs: Materials
Other applications include cosmetics, 3D printing, and drug formulations.
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Briefs: Energy
The system is effective in urban environments where there are tall buildings on all sides.
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Technology Leaders: Materials
For nearly 50 years, engineers in the electronics, aerospace, defense, medical device, and transportation industries have relied on Parylene coatings.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A nanostructure design lends extraordinary strength to a promising storage ingredient.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Foam gasket tapes, data analytics software, ceramic tape, and more.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
With accelerated time from design to production, specialized foil sensor arrays will be expanding to many new areas.
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Briefs: Materials
Liquid-Repelling Substance Works on All Surfaces
The new coating can eliminate complex disinfectant procedures for protective face shields.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
This eye-on-a-chip can help treatment of dry eye disease.
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