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About the Advanced and High-Performance Materials Database
Amongst the goals of the Advanced and High-Performance Materials Database are to facilitate the overall coordination of research and development of advanced and high-performance materials research and to equip the Department of Homeland Security with the capability to review, understand and promote the adoption of advanced high performance materials for enhanced infrastructure protection in a cost effective manner.
From the perspective of this database, ADVANCED MATERIALS are building and infrastructure related materials that exhibit high performance attributes but have not reached wide spread application in the building and infrastructure commercial marketplace.
High performance attributes include enhanced security, safety, resiliency, energy conservation, environmental sustainability, durability, cost effectiveness, functionality, productivity, and maintainability.