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Materials Research Institute

Materials Research Institute

screenshot of computer simulation and materials characterization result

Graphene-reinforced carbon fiber may lead to affordable, stronger car materials

cartoon of crazed cat surrounded by fish and fish bones indicating positive and negative charges

Supercapacitor promises storage, high power and fast charging

three capsules with one depositing proteins into the cell

A novel method to precisely deliver therapeutics inside the body

Two men wearing safety goggles adjust wires on a device in a lab.

Engineers develop method to improve efficiency and heat tolerance of devices

coronavirus

Seed grants jump-start 47 interdisciplinary teams to conduct COVID-19 research

An illustration of a device that resembles a gray box with the lid lifted. On the top of the box under the lifted lid is a disk-like object.

Penn State engineer developing device that may be able to test for COVID-19

A researcher examines a glass bottle

Researchers mobilize to study COVID-19 from multiple angles

Smart Bandages

Wearable biosensors may pave the way for personalized health and wellness

3M and Penn State strike new three-year deal to drive research

3M and Penn State strike three-year deal to drive research

drawing of a 2 dimensional metal layer

Two-dimensional metals open pathways to new science

Petri dish with PSU printed in spheroids on the bottom

Machine sucks up tiny tissue spheroids and prints them precisely

Battery temperature image

High energy Li-Ion battery is safer for electric vehicles

Image of a bendable cellphone in three stages of bending.

Researchers identify breaking point of conducting material

yellow and purple blobs showing atoms

When bonding noble metals to 2D materials, interfaces matter

Barium titanate under a microscope

Cold sintering produces capacitor material at record low temperatures

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