What new materials are there?

In my sector (commercial maritime):

As insofar as metals are considered, steel is king. But more and more "exotic" high tensile stuff is being used. However, the biggest problem is corrosion, the holy grail would be a coating for ballast tanks that would last 25 years (Ie, the life of an normal vessel) permitting more creative hull shapes.
In composites, I see far more advance in the resins and the "fillers" than the fibre itself. Curing techniques and all that too.
Another thing that is in testing are composite blades with only the leading edge being metal.
 
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Researchers develop new way to manufacture nanofibers

Researchers at the University of Georgia have developed an inexpensive way to manufacture extraordinarily thin polymer strings commonly known as nanofibers. These polymers can be made from natural materials like proteins or from human-made substances to make plastic, rubber or fiber, including...
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More a new manufacturing technology for a 'material' but interesting.
 
Has there been any progress or information regarding CINCH which stands for(Competitive Impulse Non-Carcinogenic Hypergol) and rolls off the tongue way easier than 2-Dimethylaminoethylazide. It was supposed to be a non-toxic Aerozine-50 substitute. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-Dimethylaminoethylazide

Is it still being looked at?
What are its drawbacks? Is it ridiculously expensive to make?
How easily could it be substituted? Could you run it in a Titan?
 
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Beyond graphene 2D materials with nearly any desired property | NextBigFuture.com

Physicists think that there may be around 500 2D materials, including not just graphene and TMDCs (transition-metal dichalcogenides), but also single layers
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Fraunhofer-Gesellschaf industrializing laser arc method of applying 20 micrometer thick almost frictionless diamond coatings | NextBigFuture.com

Coating engine components with hard carbon reduces friction to almost zero – a development that could save billions of liters of fuel worldwide every year.
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High strength/High Temperature coatings.
 
http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/materials/stretchable-conducting-fiber-provides-super-hero-capabilities
 
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Computer models predict record high melting point - UPI.com

Researchers at Brown University have predicted a substance with a melting point higher than any previously studied material at 7,460 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Some of the 'cooler' sunspots are lower temperature than this :eek:

Could it make a nice leading edge of a hypersonic aircraft?

On a side note I hope they are using same computer tech to develop new 'super' energetics for propulsion and warheads.
 
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http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2015/07/28/Researchers-discover-highest-ever-melting-point/4371438108391/

Some of the 'cooler' sunspots are lower temperature than this :eek:

Could it make a nice leading edge of a hypersonic aircraft?

On a side note I hope they are using same computer tech to develop new 'super' energetics for propulsion and warheads.
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The particular trick they used, low entropy difference between phase states with a high initial solid phase entropy state, may be applicable to lower order materials via the predicted tweaking. Which may mean improving existing materials via slight recipe changes. Wasn't there work recently on high entropy metal alloys that resulted in some interesting new alloys?
 
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Glass Paint Could Help Ships And Buildings Beat The Sun's Heat

Video Sorry, sunlight. A new paint in development is designed to bounce the sun's rays off of metal surfaces, such as those on buildings or military ships. The coating, made with a chemical precursor to glass, isn't available yet. But if forthcoming field tests turn out as expected, the paint [...]
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Watch this self-healing material handle a bullet

NASA-funded research has created a material that could self-heal in seconds. Two layers of solid polymer sandwich a gel that with an ingredient that solidifies on contact with air (i.e. when one or both of the outer layers is damaged). This differs from other approaches that rely on a...
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DARPA seeks new composite process for making small parts

Washington DC (SPX) Sep 16, 2015 - The manufacturing process for defense systems-from aircraft to vehicles to ships-is extremely complex and fragmented, often demanding unique materials and processes, complex certification requiremen
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A New Light-Based Memory Chip Could Change the Fundamentals of Computing

Electrons are quick, but they’re not quick enough — in fact they’re holding back the speed of modern computing. Now, a team has developed the world’s
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Glass with properties of rubber.

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Transparent oxide glass with rubber-like property

Flexible substances that can withstand high temperatures are much sought after for various industrial and engineering applications. Types of glass made from oxides are hard at room temperature and fracture easily, but scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Asahi Glass Co. Ltd in...
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