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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: Medical
This nanoparticle-based adhesive is visible in common imaging techniques such as computed tomography (CT).
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NASA Spinoff: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The inserts use a material that NASA has considered for spacecraft filters.
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Facility Focus: Manufacturing & Prototyping
See the advanced materials, complex systems, and bioengineering technologies being created at Cornell.
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Articles: Aerospace
Highly purified, low-outgassing silicones prevent material degradation in satellites and space vehicles.
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Briefs: Materials
Inspired by camel fur, a two-layered material could provide extended cooling to preserve the freshness of perishable goods.
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5 Ws: Imaging
A medical patch can be folded around minimally invasive surgical tools and delivered through airways, intestines, and other narrow spaces.
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Briefs: Materials
The energy storage device can store a charge up to 900 times greater than state-of-the-art supercapacitors.
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Briefs: Packaging & Sterilization
A combination of polymers and oligomers, when combined with UV light, almost completely kills the coronavirus.
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Briefs: Energy
The alloy has applications in jet turbine disks and other high-stress and/or high-temperature environments.
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Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Displacement sensors, metal 3D printers, shielding materials, and more.
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Briefs: Motion Control
A new type of control system may broaden robots’ range of tasks and allow safer interactions with people.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
These actuators can compete with electrical and pneumatic systems.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Shape and environment can cause materials to move without motors or hands.
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Podcasts: Wearables
In this episode of our Here's an Idea podcast, we speak to engineers who are building a variety of wearables. And some sensors blend in more than others.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Rice University engineers have suggested a colorful solution to next-generation energy collection: Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) in your windows. The team designed and built...
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INSIDER: Energy
Researchers at CU Boulder have developed a new, low-cost, wearable device that transforms the human body into a biological battery. The device is stretchy enough that you can wear it like a...
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INSIDER: Energy
Scientists at University of California, Davis, have proposed a solution to dendrite growth in rechargeable lithium metal batteries using microfluidics. The group proved that flowing ions near...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Range anxiety, the fear of running out of power before being able to recharge an electric vehicle, may be a thing of the past, according to a team of Penn State engineers who are...
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
Researchers have demonstrated that they can attract, capture, and destroy perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a group of federally regulated substances nicknamed “the forever chemicals”...
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
The device has applications in medical diagnostics and homeland security.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The stretchable electronics are more stable as they change shape, which could lead to next-generation sensors for healthcare applications.
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Q&A: Materials
Professor Shirley Meng explains why there's a demand for stretchable batteries.
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Articles: Materials
Perseverance is the first leg of a round trip to Mars.
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Briefs: Materials
A chemical process converts polyethylene plastic into a strong, valuable adhesive.
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Briefs: Energy
The next generation of waterproof smart fabrics can be laser-printed and made in minutes.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
The material is designed for high-temperature applications in aircraft, building insulation, personal protective clothing, industrial, and automotive.
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Briefs: Materials
A potential boon to green manufacturing, the new glue saves on energy, time, and space.
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Briefs: Data Acquisition
The technology could lead to a platform for quantum computation or new types of energy-efficient data storage applications.
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Briefs: Materials
The coatings can be deposited on substrates such as glass, polymers, metals, and aerogels.
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