This issue of High-Tech Materials Technology Opportunity Engine (TOE) profiles significant advances in high-tech materials for various industrial applications. The featured innovations include Advanced Hyperdispersant for Coating and Pigment Systems, Advanced Optical Brighteners for Multi-Industry Applications, Transforming Plastic Waste Into Sustainable Construction Materials, Scalable Few-Layer Graphene Synthesis Platform, Sustainable Few-Layer Graphene Synthesis for Advanced Industrial Applications, Sustainable Biosurfactant Production Using Industrial Biotechnology, Upcycled Soluble Fiber Ingredient, Food-Grade Emulsifier Ingredient Made by Upcycling Brewer’s Grain, Seaweed-based Alternative to Plastic, Cyanobacteria-based Platform for CO? Valorization Into High-value Chemicals, Photochemical Lignin Valorization for Low-carbon Alternatives to Petrochemicals, Advanced Microgel Technology for Microplastic Remediation, Post-Polymerization Upcycling of Polyesters, Wearable Atmospheric Water Harvesting Hydrogel Textile, and Biodegradable Polymer Memristor for Sustainable Neuromorphic Computing. These innovations drive circularity, material performance, and resource efficiency.

The High-Tech Materials TOE provides intelligence on technologies, products, processes, applications, and strategic insights on various materials across industries. Some material technologies include lightweight materials, bio–based materials, ceramics, smart materials, fibers, nanomaterials, responsive materials, polymers, woven and non-woven materials, polymers and plastics and packaging materials.

The Chemicals and Advanced Materials cluster tracks research and innovation trends and developments across specialty chemicals, plastics, polymers, chemicals, bio-chemicals, metals, coatings, thinfilms, surface treatments, composites, alloys, oil and gas, fuel additives, fibers, and several other related technologies and its impact and application across industries.