March 20206 MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY INSIGHTSIn the past 25 years, remarkable advances have been made in structural materials technologies where new structural materials like metals, ceramics, polymers, or hybrid materials are derived. Their superior properties, such as the high-temperature strength of ceramics or the high stiffness and lightweight of composites, present the opportunity for more compact designs, greater fuel efficiency, and longer service life in a wide variety of products. Various forming operations have a direct bearing on the class of advanced materials. Recently, designing materials at the nanometer scale have unlocked unique properties unavailable to bulk materials. Scientists today can isolate these "quantum-derived" properties by leveraging the additive properties of the mesoscale. At the same time, graphene is also one of the strongest materials known. Multi-scale modeling enables scientists to explore the unique properties of nanomaterials, quickly and leanly identifying various formulations in silico to design materials with bespoke properties for each new application.Natural elements and materials like bone, abalone shells, and spider silk have been known to optimized for lightweight, fracture resistance, and strength, traits that are desired in a myriad of practical applications such as building materials, transportation, and medical prosthetics. Amazingly, these materials can also be self-assembled at room temperature in aqueous solutions with little to no waste. Multi-scale modeling allows scientists to understand the molecular interactions and gradients of these materials, even to mimic the "green" manufacturing processes they utilize at scale.While nature has engineered finely-tuned materials, it has also "programmed" systems of materials that react to their environment. The shape of a piece of wood will change with temperature, pH, gravity, or electric or magnetic fields. These properties can be "tuned" to provide optimal functions across a variety of environments. Building this bridge between virtual and real design provides a unique way forward to the next age of Materials Science, but it is important to acknowledge the importance of real-world testing. The bridge allows scientists to think outside the box while limiting the time and resource pressures faced by traditional R&D teams. As this distance between the virtual and real world shrinks, many innovators have started to realize this benefit today. This edition brings you some of the most prominent firms that have been instrumental in transforming the landscape of advanced materials and have excelled with their technology and offerings and will be significant drivers of the trends mentioned above to the mainstream.Let us know your thoughts!Building Blocks of an Advanced Future EditorialCopyright © 2020 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Contact Us:Phone:510.936.8381Fax:510-894.8405Email:sales@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.comeditor@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.commarketing@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com March - 02 - 2020, Vol 06 - Issue 07 (ISSN 2644-2493) Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. To subscribe to Manufacturing Technology InsightsVisit www.manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com Editor-in-ChiefLaura DavisEditorial StaffSalesVisualizerJames D PhillipsAnnie Mathewsannie@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.comAva Gracia Peter ThomasRose DcruzAaron PaulTECHNOLOGY INSIGHTSTECHNOLOGY INSIGHTSLaura DavisEditor-in-ChiefManufacturing Technology InsightsWrite to useditor@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with
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