The winners in the 2021 R&D 100 Awards in the MechanicalMaterials category have been announced by R&D World magazine in a virtual ceremony broadcast from Cleveland, Ohio. This renowned worldwide competition, now in its 59th year, received entries from 17 countries/regions. This year, the judging panel included nearly 40 well-respected industry professionals across the globe.

Winner, Finalist, and Medalist logos are available at: https://www.rdworldonline.com/2021-rd-100-winner-logos. Each winner receives one plaque; the order form to purchase additional plaques can be downloaded here.

The winners of the remainder of the R&D 100 will be announced in one more virtual award presentations tomorrow:

Thursday, October 21st
Process/Prototyping
Software/Services

Yesterday’s presentation included the Special Recognition medalists and the winners in the Analytical/Test and IT/Electrical categories. All of these presentations are being sponsored by Park Systems once again, and you can register now by visiting: https://webinars.on24.com/wtwh/RD2021. Please pass this link on to your colleagues, so all can join in on the celebrations!

The Winners are listed below by category, and then alphabetically by submission name. Sincere congratulations to all of the winning teams!

Mechanical/Materials category

A high-performance chromium-antimony absorber material for next-generation lithography photomasks
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

AeroMINE
Sandia National Laboratories
Westergaard Solutions, Inc., Texas Tech University

AgriTraxx® AirCore™ Gauge Tires
Superior Tire & Rubber Corp.

AMSil™ and AMSil Silbione™
Elkem Silicones

Autonomous Self-Healing Sealant
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

BIG NET
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ReactWell, LLC, Holocene Climate Corp.

Catalyzed Diesel Exhaust Fluid (CAT-DEF™)
Southwest Research Institute

Coffee Bean Grinding Blade with Hard Amorphous Metal Coating
Nano and Advanced Materials Institute
Severin Asia Ltd.

Delrin® RA511CPE
E.I. DuPont de Nemours (Mobility & Materials)

DOWSIL™ TC-4060 Thermal Gel
Dow Performance Silicones

E-NANO FTHR-001 Resin
Nano and Advanced Materials Institute
Chung Yin New Materials (H.K.) Company Ltd.

Earth’s-field Resonance Detection and Evaluation (ERDE) Devices
Los Alamos National Laboratory

ELCRES™ HTV150 Dielectric Film
SABIC
Shin-Etsu Polymer Co.

GRSR™
Nano and Advanced Materials Institute
Hongrita Plastics Ltd.

Guardiant
Corning Incorporated

HSG Thermal Management Pad
Nano and Advanced Materials Institute
HFC Industry Ltd.

IS-P4 Separator-free Lithium-ion Battery
Nano and Advanced Materials Institute
Amperex Technology Limited

Layered-Rocksalt Intergrowth Electrode Materials for Next-Generation Li-ion Batteries
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Microhydraulic Motors
MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Multi-functional Sorbent Technology (MUST)
Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
Somerset International Inc., The Dow Chemical Company

Portable EnGineered Analytic Sensor with aUtomated Sampling (PEGASUS)
Los Alamos National Laboratory

PPG BFP-SE Battery Fire Protection
PPG

PPG ENVIROCRON™ Extreme Protection Thermally Conductive Dielectric Powder Coatings
PPG

PPG HI-TEMP™ 1027 HD
PPG

RE-Metal
Idaho National Laboratory

SABIC’s High-Purity SD1100P Specialty Dianhydride
SABIC

Solvite Garment Rejuvenator
Milliken & Company
Procter & Gamble

The Continuous Type Heat Treatment System Equipment for Micro Parts (CTHT)
Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC)

Timken Split Tapered Roller Bearing for Mainshaft
The Timken Co.

Tough SmCo
Ames Laboratory
Electron Energy Corp.

Ubiquitous Water Wand (UWAW)
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
Chyi Ding Technologies Co., Ltd.

UCC: Ultraconductive Copper-CNT Composite
Oak Ridge National Laboratory