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The array was created using an encapsulation technology, co-developed by the student." data-credit="Brandon Martin/Rice University"> <div class="image-container"> <picture> <source srcset="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/styles/half_width/s3/2023-10/0403_PULSED-TGslide-lg.jpg.webp?VersionId=s0hx4mpxp9tJTlD9YujIUk9dKBNPaQLi&itok=0GU4huqK 1x" media="all and (min-width: 640px)" type="image/webp" width="500" height="334"/> <source srcset="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/styles/half_width/s3/2023-10/0403_PULSED-TGslide-lg.jpg?VersionId=s0hx4mpxp9tJTlD9YujIUk9dKBNPaQLi&itok=0GU4huqK 1x" media="all and (min-width: 640px)" type="image/jpeg" width="500" height="334"/> <img src="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/styles/mobile_full_width/s3/2023-10/0403_PULSED-TGslide-lg.jpg?VersionId=kfKzHCQ6w.MVyu81QcXp1ISUR_Is8Ufh&itok=mNENQxG3" alt="A graduate student displays a microscope slide holding an array of more than 300 microparticles" /> </picture> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region layout__region--second"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="text__content text-formatted"><h2>What is materials science?</h2> <p>Materials science and engineering explores the basic structure, properties and behavior of materials — down to the molecular, atomic and even subatomic levels — to create goods that benefit society.</p> <p>Researchers in this field study a broad array of materials, ranging from the familiar, like silicon, glass, concrete, metals and plastics, to the exotic, like biomaterials and wholly new "designer materials" that are configured one atomic layer at a time.</p></div> </section> </div> <div class="block block-nsf-custom block-table-of-contents-block"> <div class="table-of-contents"> <h2 class="table-of-contents__title"> <img class="icon-document" src="/themes/custom/nsf_theme/images/icons/document.svg" alt="" /> On this page </h2> <nav aria-label="Table of Contents" class="table-of-contents__items"> <ul> <li> <a href="#brought-to-you-by-nsf-84e" > Brought to you by NSF</a> </li> <li> <a href="#what-we-support-dda" > What we support</a> </li> <li> <a href="#our-facilities-d65" > Our facilities</a> </li> <li> <a href="#featured-funding-cd0" > Featured funding</a> </li> <li> <a href="#featured-news-11f" > Featured news</a> </li> <li> <a href="#additional-resources-149" > Additional resources</a> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="palette palette--light-gray layout-container--wrapper nsf-layout nsf-layout--twocol full-browser-width"> <div class="nsf-layout--outer"> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--headline"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <h2 id="brought-to-you-by-nsf-84e" class="text__title">Brought to you by NSF</h2> <div class="text__content text-formatted"><p>NSF's decades of sustained investments have ensured the continual advance of materials research. Pioneering work supported by NSF includes:</p></div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--first"> <div class="cta " data-component-id="nsf_theme:cta"> <h2 class="headline--left header-two-as-three headline-callout "> Hydrogels </h2> <div class="cta__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-block-cta-body"><p>NSF-funded research expanded the capabilities of hydrogel materials, now used in the production of contact lenses, wound dressing and hygiene products.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cta " data-component-id="nsf_theme:cta"> <h2 class="headline--left header-two-as-three headline-callout "> Smartphones </h2> <div class="cta__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-block-cta-body"><p>From their liquid crystal displays to their lithium batteries, NSF-supported research was essential to the creation of many materials found in smartphones.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cta " data-component-id="nsf_theme:cta"> <h2 class="headline--left header-two-as-three headline-callout "> Metal-organic frameworks </h2> <div class="cta__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-block-cta-body"><p>From absorbing toxic chemicals to extracting water from desert air, NSF's investments in metal-organic frameworks have only just begun to uncover the many uses of these materials.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region layout__region--second"> <div class="cta " data-component-id="nsf_theme:cta"> <h2 class="headline--left header-two-as-three headline-callout "> Self-healing materials </h2> <div class="cta__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-block-cta-body"><p>NSF-funded research has yielded self-healing materials that can repair microscopic damage and prevent catastrophic failure, with applications in medicine, road construction, aerospace engineering and more.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cta " data-component-id="nsf_theme:cta"> <h2 class="headline--left header-two-as-three headline-callout "> Metamaterials </h2> <div class="cta__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-block-cta-body"><p>NSF's investments in metamaterials — engineered materials that exhibit properties not found in nature — are producing new and higher-performing optical, electronic and acoustic devices: from fiber optics to solar panels and antennas.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-container--wrapper nsf-layout nsf-layout--threecol constrained-width"> <div class="nsf-layout--outer"> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--headline"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <h2 id="what-we-support-dda" class="text__title">What we support</h2> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--first"> <div class="cta block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-cta nsf-component" class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-cta nsf-component" data-media-id="11238" data-is-footer-caption-credit data-src="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/2023-10/NSF_Photos_%20%289%29.jpg?VersionId=hJTHLnoptEiOjQr8x1ziHl6uaZhgNAFF" data-footer-caption-credit-src="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/styles/image_credit_caption_block_130x78_/s3/2023-10/NSF_Photos_%20%289%29.jpg?VersionId=KD7ojiNcbQaoORt0wrOngfQeSkuRWNHo&amp;itok=8LVa11bF" data-caption="Quantum dots glow under ultraviolet light Quantum dots glow under ultraviolet light, displaying photoluminescent properties. Researchers created solar windows made with quantum dots, tiny particles that absorb sunlight and convert it into a glow outside the visible spectrum of light. The glow is then routed to solar cells at the edge of the window. [Research supported by a U.S. National Science Foundation Small Business Innovative Research grant (TI 1758697).] (Date of image: 2021-2023; date originally posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: July 3, 2023) UbiQD is an advanced materials company powering product innovations in agriculture, clean energy, and security. Our quantum dots enable industry leaders to harness the power of light and our first product, UbiGro®, is a layer of light that helps plants get more from the sun." data-credit="UbiQD" data-component-id="nsf_theme:cta"> <div class="cta__image"> <img class="cta__img--full" src="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/styles/cta_image/s3/2023-10/NSF_Photos_%20%289%29.jpg?VersionId=kyqLroFkhx04hBJUbxtAdKa7iT5JFJvs&itok=tsiik-xO" alt="" /> </div> <div class="cta__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-block-cta-body"><h3>Fundamental research</h3> <p>We invest in fundamental research to understand, design and synthesize new materials — from nanomaterials to biomaterials, ceramics to metals.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region layout__region--second"> <div class="cta block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-cta nsf-component" class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-cta nsf-component" data-media-id="8637" data-is-footer-caption-credit data-src="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/2023-05/microchip.jpg?VersionId=IKNqljFCWT0HejlknkzgtGKB3oVv4OvD" data-footer-caption-credit-src="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/styles/image_credit_caption_block_130x78_/s3/2023-05/microchip.jpg?VersionId=uKoBpAN.V_5wgrKHGb2jS6VX6lg9L748&amp;itok=OksH-zFc" data-caption="Research overturns conventional wisdom on the performance of ferroelectric hafnium oxide in computer chips." data-credit="Shutterstock/Gorodenkoff" data-component-id="nsf_theme:cta"> <div class="cta__image"> <img class="cta__img--full" src="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/styles/cta_image/s3/2023-05/microchip.jpg?VersionId=27tSvn9IMPN9E8Z6.mxfGj0wII_6cTDx&itok=UbPDwkw7" alt="" /> </div> <div class="cta__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-block-cta-body"><h3>Translating knowledge to practice</h3> <p>We invest in the application of commercially viable materials that push the frontiers of knowledge, address pressing societal challenges and enable economic growth.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region layout__region--third"> <div class="cta block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-cta nsf-component" class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-cta nsf-component" data-media-id="9668" data-is-footer-caption-credit data-src="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/2023-04/PF3290_ATE_14_SCME_a.jpg?VersionId=WNoSbS9YpGgn6uoMh7iSgSq3ZPdGOZdu" data-footer-caption-credit-src="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/styles/image_credit_caption_block_130x78_/s3/2023-04/PF3290_ATE_14_SCME_a.jpg?VersionId=rxpiE9e4zGU_IcYsL2AG4u3Y0rjNjwsE&amp;itok=wa7F-rez" data-caption="Photolithography is a critical process that technicians use to create microelectromechanical systems devices in sensors and other products. The Southwest Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), a National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) center, offers technician education enrichment programs to support microsystems research, design, fabrication and commercialization; provides professional development opportunities ranging from one-day introductory workshops to one-week microsensor and actuator fabrication experiences in a research grade microsystems clean room; creates and promulgates educational materials and models for microsystems and STEM education; and collaborates with synergistic educational, government and industry organizations to identify and meet emerging technology workforce needs. The center is located at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. About NSF's ATE Program With an emphasis on two-year colleges, NSF's ATE program focuses on the education of technicians for the high-tech fields that drive our nation's economy. ATE involves partnerships between academic institutions and employers to promote improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and secondary school levels. ATE supports curriculum development; professional development of college faculty and secondary school teachers; career pathways to two-year colleges from secondary schools and from two-year colleges to four-year institutions; and other activities. Another goal is articulation between two-year and four-year programs for K-12 prospective teachers that focus on technological education. The program also invites proposals focusing on research to advance the knowledge base related to technician education. This image appeared in the ATE Centers Impact 2011 report, which was prepared by the ATE centers with support from NSF grant DUE 10-40932, awarded to the Academic and Student Affairs Division of the Maricopa Community Colleges. The full report can be viewed Here. To learn more about SCME, visit the center's website Here." data-credit="Photo from ATE Centers Impact 2011 (www.atecenters.org)" data-component-id="nsf_theme:cta"> <div class="cta__image"> <img class="cta__img--full" src="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/styles/cta_image/s3/2023-04/PF3290_ATE_14_SCME_a.jpg?VersionId=S0QnLtUedqXxakaWvRP57XU7Dq9tqIgo&itok=tU06brcv" alt="" /> </div> <div class="cta__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-block-cta-body"><h3>World-class research centers and facilities</h3> <p>We support a network of research centers and user facilities that tackle grand scientific and societal challenges and train the next generation of materials researchers. 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