The next generation of protective equipment is looking a lot less bulky and a lot more fluid. Shear thickening fluids (STFs) are novel field-responsive materials that can be engineered to be useful nanocomposites for enhanced ballistic and impact protection, puncture resistant medical gloves, energy absorbing materials for mitigating impacts and concussions, as well as in systems for mitigating micrometeoroid and orbital debris threats in space applications.

Join Norman Wagner of STF Technologies and the University of Delaware as he discusses the formulation, properties, and development of commercial applications of STFs.

This ACS Webinar is moderated by Aaron Forster, of NIST and co-produced with the ACS Industry Member Programs and ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry.

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