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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Hot Topics List." National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine. 1998. International Benchmarking of US Materials Science and Engineering Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9443.
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APPENDIX C

HOT TOPICS LIST

Biomaterials

  • Tissue engineering

  • Molecular architecture

  • Protein analogs

  • Biomimetics

  • Contemporary diagnostic systems

  • Advanced controlled-release systems

  • Bone materials

Ceramics

  • Sol-gel-derived materials

  • Self-assembled materials

  • Integrated micromagnetics

  • Multilayer ferrite processing

  • Three-dimensional nanoporous silicates

  • Microwave dielectrics

  • Electrophoretic preparation of thin films

  • MEMS heat engines

  • Single-crystal high-authority ferroelectrics

  • AlN/Diamond heat dissipation for power electronics

  • Films and coatings (thermal barrier coatings, diamondlike carbon, hydroxyapetite)

  • Carbon Nanotubes

Composites

  • Polymer matrix composites

    • Large integrated structures

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Hot Topics List." National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine. 1998. International Benchmarking of US Materials Science and Engineering Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9443.
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  • Ambient temperature curing (electron beams)

  • Design and testing protocols

  • Ceramic matrix composites

    • Oxide composites

    • Nonoxide composites and fibers
  • Metal matrix composites

    • Particle-reinforced alloys

    • Continuous fiber

Metals

  • High-temperature structural intermetallics

  • Amorphous (bulk), quasicrystalline, and nanostructured materials (high-strength materials)

  • Theory and modeling of atomic bonding, crystal structure interfaces, phase diagrams, phase transformations, and properties

  • Giant Magnetoresistance and related materials

  • Hydrogen-absorbing materials applications for batteries and hydrogen storage

  • Advanced processing of materials to net shape (metallic alloys)

  • Quantitative understanding and modeling of plastic deformation (polycrystalline materials)

  • Quantitative understanding of structure evolution and plastic deformation of polycrystalline metallic alloys

  • Integrated of models of structure evolution, plastic deformation, composition, and processing (concurrent product–process design)

  • Integrated of dimensional scales from atomic clusters to test coupons to final products

  • Net shape, or novel processing of metallic alloys

  • Next generation of high temperature alloys

  • Surface treatments to enhance structural performance

Electronic and Optical–Photonic Materials

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Hot Topics List." National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine. 1998. International Benchmarking of US Materials Science and Engineering Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9443.
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  • Deep ultraviolet and electron lithography

  • Systems-on-a-chip

  • Copper metalization and other interconnects

  • Sub-micron plasma processing

  • Semiconductor equipment

  • Holographic storage materials

  • Organic transistors, organic lasers, and LEDs

  • Photonic band-gap materials

  • Blue-green lasers (gallium nitride materials)

  • Semiconductor processing

  • Interconnects

  • Magnetic storage

  • Widegap lasers and display

  • Nanomaterials

  • Semiconductor Equipment

  • Wireless

  • Fibers

Superconducting Materials

  • High-temperature superconductors

  • High-temperature superconductor synthesis

  • Processing of highly textured, dense bulk forms for wire and energy storage

  • Magnetic phase diagrams and properties

  • Statistical mechanical modeling of transport and critical phenomena

  • Modeling of optical and electronic properties

  • Experimental measurement of flux transport mechanisms

  • Physical properties (other than magnetic)

  • Development of fluxoid imaging technology

  • Thin-film deposition processes

  • Epitaxial and patterning techniques

Polymers

  • Controlled polymerization

    • Metallocene polymerization of olefins

    • Living free-radical polymerization

    • Atom transfer radical polymerization

    • Dendrimer polymerization

    • Biologic synthesis

    • Supercritical CO2 as a polymerization medium

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Hot Topics List." National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine. 1998. International Benchmarking of US Materials Science and Engineering Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9443.
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  • Multicomponent systems

    • Blends or alloys

    • Block and graft copolymers

    • Nanocomposites

    • Macrocomposites

    • Thin-film laminates

    • Interfaces

  • Biomedical polymers

    • Implants

    • Drug delivery

  • Electronic–Photonic

    • Conducting polymers

    • Polymers for display devices

    • Resist materials

    • Electroluminescent

  • Separation media

    • Membranes

    • Molecular recognition

    • Barrier materials

    • Modified-atmosphere packaging

    • Coatings

  • Theory and modeling

    • Molecular simulation

    • Monte Carlo techniques

    • Conformations

    • Scaling theory

  • Processing

    • Rheology

    • Flow instabilities

    • Computer modeling

    • New processes

Catalysts

  • Selective oxidation

  • Solid acid–base catalysis

  • Environmental catalysis

  • Catalyst characterization

  • Combinatorial catalysis

  • Asymmetric catalysts

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Hot Topics List." National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine. 1998. International Benchmarking of US Materials Science and Engineering Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9443.
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