Advanced materials are a key element in high value-added manufacturing. For this reason, their application in different industrial sectors is essential to improve competitiveness and sustainable development.
Advanced materials, whether bio-based or synthetic, include all new materials and modifications to existing materials that give superior performance. One example is graphite, whose many properties and virtually unlimited fields of application have convinced governments and companies to continue developing it.
New materials can also be made from two or more existing materials that differ significantly from each other, but when combined, they produce a material with its own characteristics, also known as a composite material. An example of this type is fibreglass, which is very versatile and considered essential in the manufacture of many industrial components.
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Promoting cleaner and more efficient transport, developing new therapies or limiting the environmental impact of raw material consumption will not be possible without developments in new advanced materials.
Advanced materials have multiple applications, for example in new battery technologies, in CO2 capture and storage, in the advancement of surgical implants or in smart textiles. Any new technology requires the development of materials with very specific properties, allowing for cheaper, better performing, more durable and higher value-added products. That is why advanced materials are conceived as an essential part of the innovations that meet the challenges of our society.
