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Aerospace and defense

Screen structural alloys, thermal barrier coatings, wide-bandgap semiconductors, and radiation-hard ceramics against aerospace qualification standards with DFT-backed evidence.

Best-fit teams

Structural materials groups, thermal protection engineers, avionics and power electronics teams, qualification and airworthiness programs

Typical questions
Which thermal barrier coating candidates have the best balance of thermal conductivity, stability, and synthesis feasibility?
Which radiation-hard ceramics survive the expected TID and displacement damage for our mission profile?
Where are the patent gaps we could file around, and which incumbents pose FTO risk?
Where teams get stuck

The decision gap this page is built for

Defense and aerospace material programs require evidence-backed shortlisting before expensive qualification campaigns — but materials data is siloed across proprietary databases, literature, and disconnected simulation outputs.

How Lattice Graph helps

Capabilities aligned to this workflow

Screen wide-bandgap oxides and ceramics for radiation hardness in space and nuclear environments
Compare high-temperature structural candidates by DFT stability, synthesis evidence, and patent status
Generate composition intelligence reports suitable for MIL-SPEC and airworthiness review packages
Decision flow

A typical way teams use the platform here.

01

Define the operating environment

Specify temperature range, radiation environment, mechanical loads, and qualification standards to anchor the material screen.

02

Screen and validate candidates

Lattice Graph filters 13M+ structures for candidates meeting the environmental specification, cross-checked against DFT stability and experimental synthesis data.

03

Build the qualification package

Top candidates receive composition intelligence reports with full evidence provenance, suitable for submission to qualification and airworthiness review boards.

Signals in scope

What teams usually need in one screen.

DFT stability and experimental corroboration
Radiation tolerance metrics (TID, displacement damage threshold)
Thermal conductivity and coefficient of thermal expansion
Patent landscape and FTO status
Expected outcome

Advance fewer, better-supported material candidates into expensive qualification cycles — reducing program risk and time-to-certification.

Related markets

Adjacent segments with similar fit.

Space and satellite systems
Hypersonic and high-temperature structures
Defense electronics and power systems
Nuclear materials and shielding
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