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 lignocellulosic bio-composites platform for sustainable building materials, low-carbon geopolymer cement for sustainable and scalable construction, hydrocarbon-based polymer electrolyte membranes for green hydrogen, molecular farming platform enabling crops to produce animal proteins, cobalt- and nickel-independent, iron-based cathodes, composite sonar dome structures for naval applications, advanced adsorbent materials for selective removal of PFAS in water systems, advanced polymer sorbents for low-humidity water capture, bio-based polyesters synthesized from furanic cyclobutane diacid, novel enzyme for extraction of high-value compounds from lignin waste, high performance dielectric polymer nanocomposites, machine learning, orbital-free density functional theory, high-performance aluminum from scrap, novel aluminium molecule for catalytic applications, bamboo-based bioplastic for sustainable applications.

• How can you gain intelligence on major technologies, products, processes, applications, and leverage strategic analytics on various materials across industries?
• Which developments collectively enable breakthrough performance, circularity, and decarbonization across next-generation materials, energy systems, and industrial applications, and what impact do they have on future growth potential?
• How can you achieve growth by capitalizing on material technologies like lightweight materials, bio–based materials, ceramics, smart materials, fibers, nanomaterials, responsive materials, polymers, woven and non-woven materials, polymers, plastics, and packaging materials?