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Materials & Coatings

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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Application Briefs: Software
Interstellar used Dassault’s 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud to design and develop its first prototype: BioPod.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers have developed graphene-based sensing technology using G-Putty material — a highly malleable graphene blended putty. The printed sensors are 50 times more sensitive than the...
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Technology Leaders: Data Acquisition
Learn different strategies for addressing outdated avionics, like adding in commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products.
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Special Reports: Imaging
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Aerospace Manufacturing - August 2021
Demanding applications in the aerospace industry require products and systems that are manufactured using the latest technologies – from design and simulation, to fabrication and final testing. To help...

Blog: Materials
Researchers from the University of Minnesota discovered a way to convert "stubborn" metals like platinum and tungsten into thin films.
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
An extrudable thermoplastic 3D printing filament allows users to create lightweight, sponge-like foams.
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Briefs: Energy
An enhanced polymer could be used for more energy-efficient systems with a smaller carbon footprint.
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
The high-quality bioplastics can be molded into a film that can be used in plastic bags and packaging.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Prototypes show promise as a low-cost, natural filtration option.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
By capturing more cancer cells than blood draw screening, this device could help doctors understand a tumor’s biology and make decisions about treatment.
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Facility Focus: Robotics, Automation & Control
WPI supports research in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, cybersecurity, and fire safety.
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Briefs: Materials
By introducing defects to a common material, a highly efficient capacitor offers dramatically increased energy density.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
High-frequency sound waves can be used to build new materials, make smart nanoparticles, and even deliver drugs to the lungs for painless, needle-free vaccinations.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The technology potentially enables a new generation of miniaturized electronic and optoelectronic devices.
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Briefs: Energy
These organic solar cells can be useful where constant, low power generation is sufficient.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Superalloys that withstand extremely high temperatures could be finely tuned for specific properties such as mechanical strength.
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Briefs: Materials
The battery is smaller than a traditional lithium-ion battery due to the elimination of dendrites.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
The microchips are about 100 times smaller than conventional microchips.
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5 Ws: Materials
A specially designed hydrogel works against all types of bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant ones.
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Briefs: Defense
This new technique shields electronics from ionizing radiation in applications such as military and space exploration.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The organic composite material is soft, stretchable, and has good thermoelectric properties for many wearable applications.
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Briefs: Materials
The desalination method produces clean water while, at the same time, potentially capturing valuable metals such as gold.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This novel gel-creation method could open applications in water filtration, batteries, and smart windows.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The technology recovers pure and precious metals from alloys in cellphones and other electrical waste.
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Briefs: Unmanned Systems
The material sets the stage for new forms of electric power in the future.
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
By reclaiming polymers in plastics, the process could cut down on millions of tons of plastic waste.
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Briefs: Materials
High-quality coated components can be integrated into complex systems in a sustainable way.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This invention enables improved carrier mobility for solar cells and other electronic devices.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Material for shoe bottoms could help prevent falls in icy or slippery conditions.
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