Aerospace

AI-driven reinforcement learning enables polymer design optimized for performance and manufacturability.

Advanced printing technologies from CubiCure and Supernova are redefining additive manufacturing with high‑viscosity photopolymer resins.

A breakthrough method transforms HDPE waste into jet fuel components, boosting yield, quality, and sustainability.

Morphing technology is key to green aviation, enabling real-time adaptation that significantly improves aerodynamic efficiency.

NASA advances flame-resistant polymers to improve safety in microgravity and high-oxygen aerospace environments.

Multi-material 3D printing of PEEK and PEKK enables the consolidation of structural aerospace parts with embedded sensors and high-frequency antennas.

Polymer electrolytes boost aluminum-air batteries with safer, leakproof, high-energy performance, unlocking aviation and aerospace electrification.

Insights from K Show: 3D printing finds key niches in plastics, from conformal-cooling tooling to large-format parts and TPU lattices.

As liquid hydrogen systems expand across energy and aerospace sectors, polymers face one of their most demanding service environments yet.

Dynamic covalent networks allow crosslinked polyethylene to flow, weld, and relax stress during processing.