Engineering notes

Engineering answers to common materials questions.

Blog resources address the questions engineers ask during early material down-selection, including property targets, test methods, processing constraints, and application risk.

Engineering notesJune 9, 202610 min read

An Introduction to Nanomaterials

Nanomaterials are vanishingly small, closer in scale to DNA than to anything visible by eye. Learn why properties change at the nanoscale and how engineers turn those changes into useful materials.

NanomaterialsCarbon nanotubesGrapheneNanocompositesElectronic materialsOptical coatings
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Engineering notesMay 15, 202626 min read

ESD Materials for Space: Why Surface Resistance Alone Is Not Enough

Satellite hardware needs more than an ESD surface-resistance number. Space-grade charge-dissipative polymers must survive plasma charging, differential charging, atomic oxygen, vacuum outgassing, thermal cycling, mechanical loads, and mission-specific grounding requirements.

ESDSpace materialsSatellitesLEOConductive thermoplastics
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Engineering notesMay 11, 202629 min read

Advanced Electromagnetic Measurement Techniques: From DC to THz

Electromagnetic material characterization spans DC resistance to terahertz spectroscopy. Learn how complex permittivity, permeability, and conductivity determine which measurement method is right for your material—and why no single technique tells the whole story.

EMI ShieldingElectromagnetic MeasurementDielectric PropertiesPermeabilityRF MaterialsmmWaveVNA
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Engineering notesMay 9, 202620 min read

The Fixture Is Part of the Process: Why Static Control Belongs in Semiconductor Material Design

Why static control belongs in semiconductor fixture material design, not as an afterthought, and how resistance targets, ionic purity, and particle control shape material selection.

ESDSemiconductorStatic controlMaterials design
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