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... and explored the revolutionary defense capabilities that could result from R&D in five classes of materials: Structural and multifunctional materials Energy and power materials, Electronic and photonic materials, Functional organic and hybrid materials, and B ioderived and bioi nspi red materials. Due to the breadth of these materials areas, the committee established a separate panel to address each one; each panel produced a separate chapter (Chapters 3 through 7)
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... Therefore, the research opportunities identified in the present report should be addressed in addition to ensuring continued research at the forefront of physics, chemistry, biology, and materials science. Though this basic research may not result in technologies that are ready for deployment in 2020, it will provide the seeds for potentially revolutionary technologies to be realized later in the 21 st century.
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... · DoD should make investments to organize and populate databases that describe the physical properties and attributes of materials to complement and validate materials computer modeling, and to facilitate communication among researchers and engineers at the system, subsystem, and component levels. Materials Research The committee examined a broad range of materials research areas, from bioderived materials for wound healing to high-temperature structural materials for advanced jet engines and materials for advanced explosives and propellants.
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... Used with phenomenological models to help identify and predict the characteristics and behavior of potentially revolutionary materials, advanced computational approaches offer a rapid and powerful means for discovery. The staggering potential benefits for DoD include: · Improved ability to predict and select new materials, Design of materials with extreme properties, Improved design processes for structural composites, Protection of personnel and materiel against battlefield ' Improved materials for power generation, and Improved ability to predict and extend component life.
From page 5...
... All of these are tangible system requirements that depend on substantially improved new materials for use in subsystems, device components, and subcomponents. The most promising examples of such materials include: Tunable materials for infrared countermeasures Improved organic photovoltaic materials, High-quantum-efficiency electroluminescent materials, Improved energetic materials, · Improved optical materials, Agents that identify and interdict pathogens, Materials for efficient ultraviolet lasers and detector media, and Improved membranes.
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... This will likely require expert intuition, advanced computational methods, and combinatorial materials science. Miniaturized or highly parallel chemical reaction systems could be used to process novel materials for study or to create materials that might otherwise be difficult or impossible to process in bulk.
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... Requirements for material producibility, low cost, and ready availability will be much more demanding than they are today. On the other hand, spurred by the accelerated pace of advances in electronics and computation, the performance, life span, and maintainability of materials will be greatly enhanced.


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