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: Semiconductors & ICs
This eye-on-a-chip can help treatment of dry eye disease.
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Briefs: Materials
This coating could lead to safely reusable personal protective equipment.
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Briefs: Transportation
The technology could help call attention to important traffic information when it’s dark, with potential benefits for both drivers and pedestrians.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
This technology is useful for energy, industrial, and aerospace applications.
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5 Ws: Manufacturing & Prototyping
MIT researchers are developing a shoe coating that provides a stronger grip on ice and other slippery surfaces.
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Briefs: Materials
The removable adhesive could make it easier for surgeons to close up internal wounds.
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Briefs: Materials
The system looks for chemical indicators found in sweat to give a real-time snapshot of what’s happening inside the body.
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Briefs: Materials
This rapid screening system tests fracture resistance in billions of potential materials.
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Q&A: Materials
An adhesive can be deactivated by applying a small voltage.
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Articles: Test & Measurement
Taking a holistic approach to sealing systems in hydraulic systems using chrome alternatives helps engineers achieve optimum function.
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Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Industrial PCs, power modules, processor blades, and more.
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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: 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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5 Ws: Wearables
Bacterial pathogens can live on surfaces for days. What if frequently touched surfaces, such as doorknobs, could instantly kill them off?
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Question of the Week: Materials
How Would You Use Gecko-Inspired Adhesion?

A team at Georgia Tech has discovered a Velcro-like way of mass-producing gecko-inspired adhesives. Principal investigator Prof. Michael Varenberg believes his team’s technology can someday be used on pick-and-place industrial machines, wall-scaling cleaners, and even small repair robots that travel...

Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A team at Georgia Tech has discovered a Velcro-like way of mass-producing gecko-inspired adhesives.
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Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
With the recent boom in touch-based, polymer display substrates must be fingerprint-resistant.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
This method uses fiber optic probes for measurement of semiconductors, optical coatings, magnetic read/write heads, and precision machines.
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Articles: Materials
Surface treatments have limitations that demand attention early in the design process.
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Briefs: Transportation
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: Materials
The adhesive that binds wet surfaces within seconds could be used to heal wounds or implant medical devices.
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Briefs: Energy
These thin films hold great promise for solar cells and LEDs.
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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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Articles: Imaging
Biodegradable batteries, solid-state ultracapacitors, and infrared camouflage.
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Briefs: Energy
An engineered surface treatment can reduce waste and improve efficiency in many processes.
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Question of the Week: Energy
Will Cooling Coatings Catch On?

This month’s Tech Briefs featured a potential alternative to the air conditioner: A painted-on polymer coating that can cool down a building.

Facility Focus: Electronics & Computers
Explore Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA's first space flight complex.
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Q&A: Internet of Things
Drexel Professor Genevieve Dion is coating yarn with the highly conductive, two-dimensional material MXene.
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Webcasts

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On-Demand Webinars: Defense

From Data to Decision: How AI Enhances Warfighter Readiness

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Upcoming Webinars: Aerospace

April Battery & Electrification Summit

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Upcoming Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Tech Update: 3D Printing for Transportation in 2024

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Upcoming Webinars: Materials

Unleashing Epoxy's Potential: Ensuring Hermetic Sealing in Modern...

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Upcoming Webinars: Test & Measurement

Building an Automotive EMC Test Plan

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Upcoming Webinars: Aerospace

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