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Access the technical resources for a range of materials and coatings. Design engineers can browse news, technical briefs, and applications for plastics, composites, rubbers, elastomers, and metals.

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Products: Imaging
Microwave measurement receivers, oscilloscopes, longwave infrared cameras, and more.
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Briefs: Materials
These elastomers have a wide range of uses for the building, automotive, and electronics industries.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Fiber laser machinery, polishing pitch, beam collimators, and more.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Researchers from SEAS have found "hidden potential" in metasurfaces.
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Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The Opti-Scan inspection system can measure surfaces and edges in 3D.
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INSIDER: Materials
Boron is a versatile non-metal element, but until the last five years, chemists have only theorized about the useful properties and applications of two-dimensional (2D)...
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INSIDER: Wearables
To enable the development of wearable devices that possess advanced ultraviolet (UV) detection functions, scientists from NTU Singapore have created a new type of light sensor that is...
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
This technology improves the detection of low-power far-infrared (FIR) signals.
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Briefs: Materials
Comfortable, form-fitting garments could be used to remotely track patients’ health.
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Briefs: Energy
The windows reduce the need for air conditioning and simultaneously generate electricity.
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Briefs: Energy
The approach could advance the potential of high-powered, solid-electrolyte lithium batteries.
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UpFront: Wearables
NASA's satellite data reveals the pandemic's effect on our atmosphere, and a team of shoebox-sized rover scouts is prepped for the lunar surface.
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5 Ws: Energy
Fibers sewn into fabrics can turn heat from the Sun into energy that could power textile electronics.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Learn what to look for when selecting computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) programming software for the DED manufacturing process.
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Briefs: Aerospace
The film monitors how well aircraft and spacecraft withstand the mechanical stresses of flight.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The camera combines lasers, computers, and terahertz waves to see “unseen” details.
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
The eco-friendly process removes heavy metals, dyes, and other pollutants.
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Facility Focus: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Purdue University is helping to create better battery monitoring, stretchable biosensors, allergen detectors, and more.
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Briefs: Automotive
The low-density, graphene-based aerogel could make aircraft as quiet as a hairdryer.
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Briefs: Aerospace
The technique controls rather than combats ice formation.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
NASA-developed fire protection, implantable stimulators, and more.
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Briefs: Imaging
The “nanoswimmers” could be used to remediate contaminated soil, improve water filtration, or even deliver drugs to targeted areas of the body.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
A team of materials scientists and chemists has determined the proper stack pressure that lithium metal batteries, or LMBs, need to be subjected to...
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INSIDER: Energy
Safe, cheap, and sustainable technology for energy storage has been developed at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linköping University (LiU). It is based on two major...
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INSIDER: Power
Scientists from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has recently developed battery-like electrochemical Nb2CTx MXene electrodes.
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Question of the Week: Materials
Will Automotive and Aerospace Industries Adopt Self-Healing Composites?
An INSIDER story this month highlighted how researchers from RPI and the University of Washington have created a composite that reverses fatigue damage — after applying some heat.
Blog: Materials
With some help from mussels and spider silk, a team of researchers has developed a strong, biocompatible adhesive that works well underwater.
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Question of the Week: Materials
Will Mars Habitats Be Made from Blood?
Transporting a single brick to Mars is extremely expensive. The high cost presents a challenge for those planning the future construction of a Martian colony.
Blog: Materials
A team has created a new type of carbon fiber reinforced material that reverses any fatigue damage -- you just need a little heat.
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