Materials Evaluations

The Exponent Difference

We build collaborative teams to help ensure vulnerabilities are addressed and risks are mitigated, supporting you in creating safer, superior product experiences for your customers and users.

Cross-Industry Learnings

Exponent works across industries, leveraging lessons and insights to address your specific challenge.

Rapid Response

We understand that your business and reputation are on the line. In the event of an incident, we can mobilize quickly to support your needs.

Beyond the Standards

Standards are the starting point, not the finish line. Our tests are tailored so you can uncover all potential product weaknesses.

Unique Multidisciplinary Expertise

Nowhere else will you find this depth and breadth of scientific and engineering talent working together to analyze your issues.

Robust Failure Analysis Insights

Exponent brings decades of failure analysis insights to materials testing, enabling us to perform rigorous root cause analyses and zero in on the source of the challenge.

At the Forefront of Innovation

Partnering with Exponent means gaining access to the latest thinking on evolving materials, technologies, and their applications. Many of our highly credentialed experts are pioneers in their fields and advise on standards, committees, and boards.

How We Help

Vehicle Electronics & Electrical Systems [EECS]

Batteries

Advancing battery safety and performance in everything from medical devices to electric vehicles.

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Medical Devices

Innovating medical devices and surgical tools for biocompatibility, weathering, and exposure.

Construction Materials

Advising on next-generation construction materials, from pipes to adhesives.

Food and Beverage

Evaluating the impact of materials on human health and the environment.

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Consumer Products

Investigating how materials can drive performance while supporting human and environmental health.

Materials Expertise at the Cutting Edge_Natick Lab

Our materials expertise is at the cutting edge of

foldable displays , facial recognition , organic LEDs , AR goggles , autonomous driving sensors , touch sensors

Our experts bridge the worlds of academic science and industrial applications, the space where consumer electronics innovation lives. We help ensure performance and durability, even for demanding uses like bendable screens or underwater applications.

A primary challenge in display failure analysis is that failure often occurs at a physically separate location from its symptoms, often within the complex circuitry that drives the display. Our methodical approach enables us to pinpoint and verify root causes across all product generations and ever-changing form factors. We commonly address issues such as:
- Delamination
- Contamination
- Bubbles
- Glass fracture
- Metal trace fracture
- Thin film failures
Optimizing optical performance while ensuring system safety requires a multitude of design iterations throughout the product lifecycle. Exponent offers full product line risk, performance, and hazard assessments through simulations — as well as standardized and custom testing solutions.
From critical laser safety issues to simple cosmetic defects, we illuminate solutions for complex optical physics applications, including:
- Virtual reality headsets
- Facial-recognition illuminators
- Autonomous vehicles
In the quest for lighter, brighter screens, small fragile parts are now being tasked with providing structural support, thin wires to carry higher voltages, and materials to stay joined even when flexed over and over.
Exponent has decades of experience helping clients improve designs to optimize the use of advanced materials and manufacturing techniques.
Materials & Corrosion Expertise for Consumer Electronics

Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Services

Understanding at the Molecular Level

Exponent helps you understand materials and their interactions at the chemical, molecular, and atomic level. From analysis of extractables and leachables to assessments regarding purity and contamination to method validation, we can solve your toughest challenges.

How we test differently

Materials Analysis

Expertise as Diverse as the World of Materials

From children's toys to skyscrapers, our world is comprised of a myriad of materials. Exponent understands the properties, interactions, and implications of these materials at an unmatched depth and breadth. Engage us at the outset of your project to drive scientific rigor and quantitative insights at every stage of the product lifecycle, while getting ahead of risks.

Applying Insights to Alloy Composition & Condition

We can conduct deep metallurgical evaluation of anything from basic steels to exotic superalloys. Using the latest methods, we can characterize the microstructure of materials, identify cracking, and analyze deposits. Ultimately, we can provide clear recommendations for functionality, design, or fitness for service.

Collaboration That Helps You See the Full Picture

Exponent is uniquely positioned to assemble a team tailored to your specific challenges. We bring together experts from several disciplines to ensure that no question is left unasked.

Hold Your Products to a Higher Standard

Exponent brings an unparalleled level of integrated expertise to every test and evaluation. Our commitment to scientific excellence is your competitive advantage.

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