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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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Articles: Photonics/Optics
A wildfire-preventing gel; NASA's 3D tissue models, and more.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Vision-based 3D printing, network analyzers, particulate sensors, and more.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Additive Manufacturing Method for Sub-Microscale Three-Dimensional Structures
Applications include MEMS, microlattice fabrication, and other sub-microscale 3D structures with a broad range of materials.
Facility Focus: Nanotechnology
See some of the world-changing tools and technologies launched by Caltech scientists, from earthquake monitoring to helping the blind see.
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Motor drivers, position sensors, offset couplings, and more.
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Briefs: Motion Control
The domino effect is used to design deployable systems that expand quickly with a small push and are stable and locked into place after deployment.
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INSIDER: Imaging
Some molecules, including most of the ones in living organisms, have shapes that can exist in two different mirror-image versions. The right- and left-handed versions can sometimes have different...
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INSIDER: Internet of Things
Materials called perovskites show strong potential for a new generation of solar cells, but they’ve had trouble gaining traction in a market dominated by silicon-based...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Midwest Engineered Systems, Waukesha, WI, offers the ADDere metal 3D printing system that consists of a 6-axis industrial robot combined with a 2-axis coordinated motion workpiece positioner. The laser wire additive system...
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This framework can be used by commercial and military aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Briefs: Materials
The coating can prevent the transfer of antibiotic-resistant superbugs and other bacteria in settings ranging from hospitals to kitchens.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
Production Method for High-Performance Polymer
A new composite nanoparticle catalyst produces a polymer to make body armor and other high-performance fabrics.
Briefs: Materials
This system protects workers on lightning and telecommunications towers, and on oil and gas platforms.
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Facility Focus: Materials
The Army Test and Evaluation Command provides essential information to acquisition decision-makers and commanders.
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Briefs: Energy
An engineered surface treatment can reduce waste and improve efficiency in many processes.
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Briefs: Materials
Titanium-copper alloys for 3D printing could create high-performance alloys for medical device and aerospace applications.
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Articles: Materials
Biodegradable batteries, solid-state ultracapacitors, and infrared camouflage.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
These thin films hold great promise for solar cells and LEDs.
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Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
nTopologyNew York, NY In today’s strategic information environment, the ability to rapidly respond to ever-changing technology needs is an essential asset for any organization that provides...
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Q&A: Materials
David Kaplan is solidifying silk to make products like rods and plates for medical implants.
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Briefs: Materials
These materials can be used in aerospace vehicles, automobiles, clothing, helmets, and chemical sensors.
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Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
In the past 15 years, Renee Bernstein doubled the growth of her company by focusing her attention to research and product development.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This cost-saving piping insulation has uses in refrigerated containers that protect food, medicine, and other perishables.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
A wireless sensor small enough to be implanted in the blood vessels of the human brain could help clinicians evaluate the healing of aneurysms.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Researchers have developed new nanoscale technology to image and measure more of the stresses and strains on materials under high pressures.
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Articles: Photonics/Optics
There are longwave, midwave, and shortwave camera systems—each with its own advantages for specific industries and uses.
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Articles: Materials
Altering the traditional intensity distribution of fiber lasers improves weld quality.
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Products: Lighting
Perovskites Goodfellow (Coraopolis, PA) recently announced a new range of perovskites, a group of materials that demonstrate great potential for optoelectronic applications. Perovskites have a unique and versatile crystal...
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Blog: Materials
How does testing a metal 3D-printed part compare to testing a casted one? That's the elephant in the room, says industry pro Kevin Brigden.
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