FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS KNOWLEDGE LIBRARY
Functional Materials | Technology, Institution & Company Guides
Explore illustrated, source-linked guides to electronic, optical, thermal, mechanical, and surface-functional materials, institutions, and companies.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Functional materials
Understand a material by what it receives and what change it produces. No prior knowledge needed: understand the purpose, mechanism, strengths and limits, then choose a guided route into the detailed articles.
Start with the overview →Technology Guides 35
Antimicrobial and Anti-Corrosion Coatings→
Barrier Properties and Coatings→
Carbon Nanotubes→
Conductive Polymers and Ionic Conductors→
Electrochromic Materials and Smart Windows→
Energy Harvesting Materials→
Ferroelectric and Dielectric Materials→
Functional Materials: Classification and How to Read Evaluation Data→
Graphene→
High-Entropy Alloys→
High-Entropy Oxides and Ceramics→
Hydrogels and Aerogels→
Magnetocaloric Materials and Magnetic Refrigeration→
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)→
Metalenses and Flat Optics→
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces→
MXenes and Nanosheets→
Nanocoatings and Thin Films→
Permanent Magnets and Rare Earths→
Phase Change Materials and Thermal Storage→
Piezoelectric Materials and Lead-Free Alternatives→
Polyurethanes and Elastomers→
Rare-Earth-Free Magnets→
Resins for 3D Printing→
Self-Healing Materials and Vitrimers→
Shape Memory Alloys→
Shape Memory Polymers and Liquid Crystal Elastomers→
Smart Textiles and Wearable Materials→
Soft Actuators and Artificial Muscles→
Spintronic Materials→
Superhydrophobic, Anti-Icing and Anti-Fouling Coatings→
Thermal Management Materials and Radiative Cooling→
Thermoelectric Materials→
Titanium Dioxide and Photocatalysis→
Transparent Conductive Oxides→
Institution Profiles 8
Company Profiles 20
AkzoNobel→
Aspen Aerogels→
Confluent Medical Technologies→
Croda→
Furukawa Techno Material→
Gentex→
Kyocera→
Lumotive→
Metalenz→
MP Materials→
Murata Manufacturing→
Niron Magnetics→
Phononic→
PPG→
Proterial→
Shin-Etsu Chemical→
Soft Robotics→
Solstice Advanced Materials→
Tark Thermal Solutions (formerly Laird Thermal Systems)→
TDK→