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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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Briefs: Materials
This system enhances processing via real-time, non-destructive defect tracking.
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Articles: Wearables
Battery recycling, NASA's water treatment, and a wireless wearable transmitter.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Temperature transmitters, robotic tool changers, epoxy adhesives, and more.
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Briefs: Energy
New cell chemistry utilizes less costly and more abundant materials than lithium-ion batteries.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Potential applications include lightweight building materials and growing cells for biomedical purposes.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The technology harvests electrical energy from waste heat sources.
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NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
A NASA-developed technology for testing heat shields transforms garbage into reusable chemicals.
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Articles: Green Design & Manufacturing
Learn how to reuse more material without recycling.
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Briefs: Materials
The coating repels insects on aircraft wing surfaces and motor vehicles and reduces surface imperfections on other low-friction or non-stick surfaces.
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Briefs: Packaging & Sterilization
The gel works even at freezing temperatures and contains natural antimicrobial compounds derived from durian husk.
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Briefs: Energy
The new material could provide efficient and reusable protection from shock, vibration, and explosion.
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Briefs: Materials
The new metal lattice material can be used to create models that regain shape after being crushed.
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Briefs: Materials
The material could be used in security, health, industrial, and safety applications.
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Briefs: Materials
The size and shape of the nanostructure can be controlled as it is assembled piece by piece.
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Briefs: Medical
This wearable device is placed on the skin to measure a variety of body responses, from electrical to biomechanical signals.
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5 Ws: Materials
A new enzyme-activated compostable material could diminish microplastics pollution.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The soft material demonstrates autonomous, heartbeat-like oscillating properties.
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Briefs: Transportation
The carbon fiber serves as the electrode, conductor, and load-bearing material.
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Briefs: Materials
Microspheres are used in wind tunnel experiments to monitor airflow, to stain biological samples, and in time-delayed drug release.
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Briefs: Packaging & Sterilization
A novel method was developed to produce an alkaline hydrogel that could improve wound healing.
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Briefs: Materials
This could lead to the commercial development of smart glass, with applications ranging from imaging to advanced robotics.
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Blog: Green Design & Manufacturing
Could a tool from the dentist's office lead to better recycling of lithium-ion batteries?
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INSIDER: Motion Control
Researchers from the University of Houston have demonstrated “giant flexoelectricity” in soft elastomers that could improve robot movement range and make self-powered pacemakers a real possibility....
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Blog: Materials
By introducing nanoparticles into ordinary cement, Northwestern University researchers have formed a smarter, more durable, and highly functional building material.
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a soft, stretchy skin patch that can be worn on the neck to continuously track blood pressure and heart...
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INSIDER: Nanotechnology
Atomically thin materials are a promising alternative to silicon-based transistors; now researchers can connect them more efficiently to other chip elements.
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INSIDER: Energy
A sustainable, powerful micro-supercapacitor may be on the horizon. Until now, these high-capacity, fast-charging energy storage devices have been limited by the...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Richland, WA) have shown that low-cost organic compounds hold promise for...
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INSIDER: Energy
A collaboration led by Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) used X-ray nanoimaging to gain an unprecedented view into solid-state electrolytes, revealing previously undetected crystal...
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