Material Matters

Explore the critical role of Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) in the microelectronics industry.

Discover the six key trends revolutionizing space technology by 2025, from booming commercial launches to groundbreaking innovations in nuclear-powered spacecraft and sustainable missions.

Increased energy production from renewable sources is a major goal of many governments and organizations globally. To reach ambitious goals, greater effort will be required to supply the necessary amount of rare earth elements (REEs). This blog aims to highlight the opportunities and challenges for rare earth materials manufacturing. 

In this blog we dive into the science of thermal fatigue and thermal shock and why understanding these factors is crucial in selecting resilient materials for die casting, injection molding, and more.

While it plays an integral part in semiconductor manufacturing, physical vapor deposition (PVD) tends to be a highly inefficient process. In this blog, you'll learn more about the recovery process and its benefits.

Yield strength may be a materials most important property to consider in component design. This blog will describe how to evaluate tensile testing results to accurately determine a material's yield strength.

Multiple important properties are measured in stress-strain testing and, in order to avoid material failure, understanding what those properties mean is critical. This blog describes and defines the various measurements.

It is extremely important to know a material's tensile strength. In this article we explain how to set up the test correctly to ensure accurate results.

With roots dating back to the 1950s, Newton's facility has been at the forefront of tantalum research and production, leaving a lasting mark on the electronics industry.

Materion provided unique filters to the LSST Telescope the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile to help build a system that will produce unprecedented astronomical data.

What do smart glasses and autonomous driving have in common? An essential hermetic lid assembly known as Visi-Lid (TM) covers.

Learn more from Materion about what's coming next in connectivity and telecommunications.

Read about the factors that affect connector current capacity based on the connector geometry, electrical resistance and maximum allowed temperature rise.

Recent studies show how advanced materials can overcome hurdles to realize the promise of clean hydrogen technology.

Read about the benefits of brazing copper beryllium, procedures to follow and design considerations.

Materion's thermal materials - read a summary of expansion, conductivity and density of advanced materials used in defense applications. Materials include ceramics, metals, alloys, metal matrix composites (MMCs), and laminates.