exotic materials
Rare, unfamiliar components
Exotic materials are substances with unusual properties not found in conventional materials—superconductors, metamaterials, aerogels, or carbon nanotubes.
The term appears in physics, engineering, and materials science for anything pushing beyond standard metals, plastics, and ceramics.
In speculative contexts, exotic materials include theoretical substances like those needed for warp drives or wormholes: The engine requires exotic materials that may not exist.
- rareSeldom found or seen
- rare earth metalsChemically similar metallic elements
- preciousHighly esteemed, greatly valued
- alienNon-native being
- titaniumElement twenty-two
carbon fiber · carbon nanotubes · graphene · metamaterials · alloys · liquid metal · iridium · tungsten · composites · spacecraft · laboratory · futuristic · synthetic · polymers · aerogel · memory foam · spider silk · kevlar
exotic materialstraditional materials
Historically used raw substances
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