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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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Blog: Materials
An international team used 3D printers and a novel bioprinting technique to print algae into living, photosynthetic materials that are tough and resilient.
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Articles: Materials
Learn about the benefits of SWIR imaging, from food inspection to surveillance.
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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
What you need to know before you incorporate large diameter aspheres into your optical systems.
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Facility Focus: Materials
Notable graduates of the school include Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos, Google executive Eric Schmidt, Internet pioneer Bob Kahn, former Chrysler head Lee Iacocca, and six NASA astronauts.
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Products: Materials
Battery analyzers, uninterruptible power supplies, adhesives, and more.
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Articles: Transportation
The online Battery and Electrification Summit on June 15 and 16, 2021 offers two days of expert insight, innovation, and emerging applications.
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Special Reports: Energy
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Advanced Materials & Coatings - May 2021

New diamond super-material enhances military aircraft survivability…a gold film gives robots “chameleon skin”…shape-shifting nanomaterial offers exciting biotech...

Articles: Test & Measurement
Conductive cellulose, composites testing, and a light-emitting tattoo.
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Briefs: Materials
The thruster provides a low-cost, extremely efficient propulsion source for miniature satellites.
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Briefs: Materials
This affordable, scalable sensor could be a vital tool in the fight against air pollution and its associated health risks.
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Briefs: Materials
This could reduce the environmental impact of styrene manufacturing.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Fiber coatings measurement, single-frequency laser, optical filters, and more.
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Briefs: Imaging
Northwestern researchers have developed a new microscopy method that allows scientists to see the building blocks of “smart” materials being formed at the nanoscale.
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Briefs: Propulsion
This additively manufactured alloy is tailored for high-temperature applications.
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Briefs: Energy
This method increases burn rate of solid propellants.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The paper-like material could be useful in soft robots, sensors, artificial muscles, and electric generators.
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
This invention achieves sustainable freshwater production in a variety of climates at minimal energy cost.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Normally an insulator, diamond becomes a metallic conductor when subjected to large strain.
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Briefs: Materials
Flea-sized, hollow blocks can be filled with materials that improve healing.
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Briefs: Materials
A new method could jump-start the creation of tiny medical devices for the body.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Potential applications include parachutes, hot air balloons, weather balloons, blimps, sails, and parasails.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The structures’ small size and porosity make them well-suited for building components such as replacement joints.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Synthetic materials can mimic how living organisms expand and contract soft tissues, achieving complex 3D movements and functions.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
Bioinspired cellulose nanofibrils can be controlled by electricity.
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Briefs: Energy
This technology provides highly efficient grid-scale electricity storage at a fifth of the cost of current storage technologies.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
Lithium-metal solid-state batteries can provide a safer, more energy-dense alternative to current technology.
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Articles: Energy
A disruptive manufacturing technology now offers reduced manufacturing costs and improved volumetric energy density in all-solid cells.
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Briefs: Energy
The alloy could influence the way energy storage devices are designed and manufactured.
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Blog: Automotive
Tech Briefs readers ask a series of questions about the future of plastics in battery electric vehicles.
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