[A]  High Performance and Smart Materials

• High energy, and high temperature materials.

• Shape memory alloys and nano-structures.

• Magnetostrictive materials.

• Propulsion and power materials: high-strength, low-loss magnetic materials for power generators and Photo-voltaic cells.

• Electronic materials, semiconductor lasers, and superconducting composite conductors.

• Optical Materials: LED, Quantum dots, optical fiber sensors, and fibrous or filamentary materials.

• Materials for survivability; ballistic protection and armor materials: Silicon carbide, Titanium diboride, Boron carbide, Tungsten kinetic-energy penetrators and anti-armor, depleted Uranium kinetic-energy penetrators and anti-armor, and Copper or Tantalum shaped-charge liners and anti-armor.

• Powder metallurgy, intermetallic alloys, powder production, handling, and consolidation.

• Explosives powder production, and handling Ultrahigh-strength and high-toughness steel, Aluminum-Lithium alloys and Nickel-based alloys.

• Light weight Titanium alloys, Titanium aluminides, Aluminuim-Magnesium compositess.

• Development or production of pyrolytically derived materials, and synthetic diamonds.

• Thermal barrier coatings and insulation films.

[B]  Specialty Chemicals and Polymer materials

• Polyimides, POSS and other high performance, high-temperature stable & high-strength polymers.

• Supramolecular materials and formulations.

• Carbon/Boron Nanotubes modified polymers, polymeric coatings, adhesives, sealant, encapsulants, foams, ionic salts, solid electrolytes, hydrogen storage materials, and resinous matrix materials for composite structures and laminates.

• Conducting, organic photovoltaic, opto/electro, bioactive and chemiluminescent polymers, low-k polymers.

• Polymeric and ceramic membranes for liquid, VOC and gas barrier, and separation.

• High-strength polymers, fibers and fabrics therefrom, continuous carbon fibrous or filamentary materials and sintered polymer shapes.

• Bio-chemicals, bio-polymers, and bio-diesel fuel.

• Materials for surface modification, anti-fouling and camouflage.

[C]  Multi-Compositional and Nano Materials

• High performance ceramics, conventional polymeric resin-organic/inorganic fibers composites, organo clays, nano-clay minerals, Carbon/Boron Nanotubes based polymer-nanocomposites, organic/inorganic polymers hybrids and nanostructured composites (Ceramers, Metamers, Metacers) and nano particles.

• Polymers blends and materials alloys, magnetic nanocrystalline alloys and composites, Aluminum and Aluminum alloy matrix composites, Titanium-alloy matrix composites.

• Composite materials and thin film coatings specially designed for kinetic energy absorption to resist explosion and fragmentation, or to impede shock-wave transmission and blast mitigation.

• Resin impregnated fibers, prepregs based on fibrous or filamentary reinforcements. Finished polymer matrix composite parts or laminates.

• Carbon fiber carbon matrix composites.

• Ceramic fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composites and membranes.

• Low- and high- k nano materials and dielectrics.

• MEMS, NEMS and nano-fluidic devices.

• Bio-inspired nanomaterials.

[D]  Design, Synthesis, Characterization, Processing, Engineering and Reliability Testing Methodology

• Molecular and mathematical modeling and simulation, molecular and nano-level design, synthesis of advanced materials and polymers.

• Reactor system design and engineering: Supercritical carbon dioxide reactor, LB-film reactor, Cryogenic chemical reactor, Ultrahigh pressure reactor, Ultrahigh vacuum reactor.

• Novel processing and fabrication methods.

• Electro-plating and electroless-plating methods.

• Characterization, properties modification, adhesion, mechanical, electrical and thermal stability, corrosion and tribological aspects.

• Analytical techniques and methodology development and instrumentation designing.

•  Devices and hardware’s structural designs. Testing methodologies for their structural reliability.

[E]  Materials Application and Technology in Defense and Aerospace

• Composites for reusable launch vehicles (RLVs): High-strength and high-temperature stable structural materials and composites.

• Cryogenic engines, ramjets, scramjets, turbines, reactors, rocketry/missiles, aircraft, ships, submarines, satellites, trans-atmospheric vehicles (manned and un-manned) and launchers, and space structures, military hardware, energy conversion and storage, fuels, propellants and propulsion systems.

• High energy impact absorbents and projectiles.

• Armor penetration, anti-armor and armor protection.

• Transparent armor, and all terrain camouflage and protective clothing and gears.

• Pressure-less sintered a-silicon carbide whisker reinforced ceramic and Kevlar? fiber matrix composite for lightweight armor application.

• Proton exchange membrane, thin film polymer electrolytes, Lithium ion battery systems.

• Light weight ultrahigh-strength and high-toughness polymeric materials, metal alloys, and composites for automotives and locomotives.

• Polymer electronics and thin film displays.

• Polymer molecule based photonic muscles adaptive optics.

• Optical limiting, imaging, radar, microwave signature detection, absorption and deflection.

• Electro-active camouflage coatings & devices.

• Chemical and bio- warfare gears, sensors, transducers, and protection mask.

• Deep sea geo-thermal energy harnessing.

• Solar sails, stratosphere and outer space floating antenna and mirrors, and telescopes.

• Aerospace food and medical engineering and technology.

[F]  Intellectual Property (IP) of the State-of-the-Art Materials and Polymers and Technologies

National and International Intellectual Property (IP) Protection though World Treaty and Patents: Besides the intellectual property (IP) of materials, polymers, technologies and applications listed above, the IP creation, development and protection of the following additional technologies which are of significant relevance and importance in 21st century:

• Hydrogen fuel cells, and metal ion batteries; organic photo-voltaic (OPV) materials and cells production for harnessing of solar energy; wind (high efficiency turbines) based energy generation, conversion and transportation, and CO2 sequestering and storage.

• Safe recovery & recycling of plastic waste for energy.

• Advanced, safe, efficient and environmentally economical petrochemical refining processes.

• Safe recovery of fissionable minerals, methane hydrates solids, and energy harnessing from deep-sea & hydro-thermal vents, and sea bed oil exploration.

• Bio-inspired materials, bio-diesel fuel, bio-compatible plastics and bio-chemicals production, bio-enzymatic processes, and processing engineering.

• Small molecules and pharmaceutical drug discovery and delivery system.

• Sensor technology: chemical and biological.

• Thermal protection and high energy materials.

• Nano-structured materials and nano-fluidic devices.

• Photonics and semiconductor materials and lasers.

• Micro-electronics and bio-chips.

• Stone matrix asphalt (SMA) and Cementious materials technologies for all terrain roads, bridges, tunnels, & defense structures construction.

• Heat management uniforms for desert war areas.

• Materials and polymers for control of green house gases, global warming and earth and aerospace environmental pollution.

• Potable drinking water from brackish ground and sea water, and from humid air.

• Arboriculture for arid and semi-arid regions through genetics engineering, genomics, etc.

• State-of-the-art analytical equipment, techniques and methodology development.