Materials and Structures

Recent advances in materials science and nanotechnology offer the promise of entirely new approaches and structures, leading to brand new applications, markets, and products. SRI can partner with you to capture these opportunities, offering expertise from basic research to pilot tests and commercialization.

Our interdisciplinary teams focus on the integration of new technologies to provide solutions to existing and anticipated challenges. SRI scientists and engineers are experts in materials R&D, mechanical engineering, fracture mechanics, applied coating technologies, electronic materials, catalysis, polymers, and more.

Many of our facilities were designed and developed by SRI to provide unique capabilities to clients. Our remote test site, for example, is one of the largest privately owned explosives test sites in the United States.

Materials and structures

• Electroactive polymer "artificial muscle"
• Polymers
• Coatings
• Ceramic synthesis and sintering
• High-temperature materials
• Corrosion measurements and prevention
• Under-the-hood thermoplastics
• Metals and minerals, including production and economics
• Organic electronics
• Powders and pigments
• Phosphor development
• Semiconductors
• Superconductors

Processes

• Catalysis
• Catalysts, combustion, and flames
• Analytical chemistry
• Fracture mechanics
• Optical technologies
• Environmental remediation and waste disposal
• Sensors, monitors, diagnostics, and analytical methods

Microstructures

• Nano devices and microelectronics

Structural design

• Blast containment
• Structural testing and failure mechanics

For information about our work in related areas, visit SRI's Physical Sciences Division and Engineering and Systems Division.