Automotive – Functional lacquers and smart materials for interior and exterior

The industry-oriented R&D conducted at the Fraunhofer ISC offers a variety of new approaches and innovative solutions for automotive applications, whether in new brake materials, functional coatings for glass or interior and exterior components.
 

Current R&D priorities

• Anti-scratch chassis coatings
• Anti-corrosion coatings
• Anti-reflective coatings for vehicle interior
• Anti-pollution surface coatings
• Functional coatings for textiles and leather (e. g. vehicle seats)
• Environmentally friendly, paladium and chromium VI free galvanization of polymer components
• Materials for passivation of electronic components
• Haptic display technology
• Long-life, high-performance lithium-ion batteries
• Improved performance lead-acid batteries
• Electrochromic systems for smart shading and light management
• Improved composite materials for ceramic brakes
• Smart magnetically controllable shock absorbers and brakes
• Smart materials for control elements in seat adjustment, ventilation or sound systems
• Functional additives for improved elastomers (e. g. tires)
• Innovative light weight composites for component and chassis
  
   

Our services to customers  

• Development of customized coating systems and materials
• Development of sensor and actuator materials and concepts
• Battery R&D
• Battery testing and analysis
• Corrosion analysis
• Surface analysis

 

Further information

• Center Smart Materials and Adaptive Systems CeSMA
• Fraunhofer R&D Center Electromobility Bavaria FZEB

 

Expert information

• EELICON – Smart light transmittance control
• New materials for future batteries
• Magnetorheological elastomers with continually adjustable hardness
• Highly flexible mechanical sensors for strain, stress and compression loads
• Fraunhofer-Center for High Temperature Materials and Design HTL