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Smart Home Materials You Need to Know About

Andrew Dent, the vice president of Library and Materials Research at Material ConneXion, shares his top five picks for products with new applications in the home.

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Clarity UltraSEAL by Nanofilm, $200 for 30 pens Maintaining that clean, just-purchased look in products is often a challenge at home. “The film can be used as a fingerprint-resistant coating for glass, metals, and other hard surfaces."
Clarity UltraSEAL by Nanofilm, $200 for 30 pens Maintaining that clean, just-purchased look in products is often a challenge at home. “The film can be used as a fingerprint-resistant coating for glass, metals, and other hard surfaces."
Slentex by BASF, price varies per project “The anorganic aerogel–based flexible insulation panel gives superior insulating properties compared to standard blown foam or glass-fiber batting.” Instead of spray-foam insulation, consider this option.
Slentex by BASF, price varies per project “The anorganic aerogel–based flexible insulation panel gives superior insulating properties compared to standard blown foam or glass-fiber batting.” Instead of spray-foam insulation, consider this option.
Mosaico Digitale, from $12 per square foot “This is a way to create large-format imagery for interior spaces that mimic hotel interiors.” The Italian company can render virtually any digital image onto resin tiles of various sizes.
Mosaico Digitale, from $12 per square foot “This is a way to create large-format imagery for interior spaces that mimic hotel interiors.” The Italian company can render virtually any digital image onto resin tiles of various sizes.
Dekton by Cosentino, from $58 per square foot The material offers a strong alternative to natural stone. Its manufacturing process “gives the surface virtually zero porosity, ensuring excellent scratch resistance, high resistance to stains, and an easy-clean surface."
Dekton by Cosentino, from $58 per square foot The material offers a strong alternative to natural stone. Its manufacturing process “gives the surface virtually zero porosity, ensuring excellent scratch resistance, high resistance to stains, and an easy-clean surface."