This issue of High-Tech Materials Technology Opportunity Engine (TOE) highlights technology developments related to innovations in digital technologies for material modelling and high-strength steels across applications. Innovations related to biomimetics, computational design methods, automotive steels, metallic glasses, and artificial neural networks (ANNs) are featured in the issue.



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.



Keywords: artificial neural networks, metal organic frameworks, advanced high strength steels, electronic structure simulation, and structural supercapacitor electrode