Materials & Coatings

Materials

Learn the latest developments and technical resources for next-generation materials technologies. Learn more about the applications in aerospace, medical, military, and 3D printing.

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Application Briefs: Aerospace
Ewellix (Gothenburg, Sweden) has developed a planetary roller screw that's now on Mars.
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Products: Photonics/Optics
Laser-distance sensors, light monitoring, flow meters, and more.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Pellistor/Catalytic Bead (CB) sensors can respond to flammable gases such as hydrogen, oxygen, hydrogen sulfide, methane, butane, propane, and carbon monoxide.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
To enable the development of wearable devices that possess advanced ultraviolet (UV) detection functions, scientists have created a new type of light sensor that is both flexible and highly sensitive.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This combination of technologies could enable developments for many optical applications.
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Briefs: AR/AI
The system could one day replace LiDAR and cameras in automated manufacturing, biomedical imaging, and autonomous driving.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The method could be applied to carbon waste streams.
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Facility Focus: Unmanned Systems
Today, Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering performs research in robotics, cyberphysical systems, artificial intelligence, biomedicine, energy, and other topics.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
The ultrathin magnet could advance new applications in computing and electronics.
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Briefs: Materials
The protective coating works like body armor for the atomically thin materials.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
High-voltage direct current cables can more efficiently transport electricity over long distances.
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Articles: Materials
These technologies provide a tantalizing glimpse into the future of manufacturing automation.
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Products: Materials
Battery-pack test systems, data management, connector clips, and more.
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Briefs: Energy
A new anode for aqueous batteries uses seawater as an electrolyte.
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Briefs: Lighting
The approach achieves near 100% light emission efficiency at all brightness levels.
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UpFront: Lighting
NASA reveals winners of a CO2 conversion challenge.
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Briefs: Energy
Fano Resonance Optical Coatings (FROCs) can both transmit and reflect the same color simultaneously.
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NASA Spinoff: Robotics, Automation & Control
A bulk metallic glass could slash prices of collaborative robots and lead to advanced 3D-printed metals.
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Briefs: Energy
The process produces rapid, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly material.
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5 Ws: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Who The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 is still a major threat to public health. Wearing a facemask is a step in protecting against infection; the new facemask also diagnoses the wearer with COVID-19.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Growing large-area graphene on optical substrates enables use in photonics devices.
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Briefs: Transportation
The technology could be key to lighter, less expensive, and long-lasting batteries for future electric vehicles.
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Articles: Aerospace
Metamaterial printing, high-efficiency solar cells, and a noise-reduction material.
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Q&A: Materials
A chemical process produces valuable biodegradable chemicals from discarded plastics.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
With this advance, so-called “flextronics” move closer to reality.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The new printing method coaxes particles and droplets into precise patterns using the power of sound.
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Twelve years ago, physicists turned on the first x-ray laser, and since then it and several others around the world have proved themselves revolutionary probes of...
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Light emitting diodes (LEDs) are an unsung hero of the lighting industry. They run efficiently, give off little heat, and last for a long time. Now scientists are looking at new materials to make...
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Professor Francois Barthelat wants to incorporate the fish fin's strong, flexible characteristics into robotic and aerospace designs.
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