Composites Matrix
Organize composites along a fiber × resin × process three-dimensional grid. 5 fibers × 11 resins × 8 processes = 440 possible combinations; every cell is an engineering answer, linked to a precise subset of our six knowledge libraries (materials / formulas / standards / papers / patents / suppliers).
Organize composites like drug discovery and chemistry databases
Organizes disease × target × drug-candidate into a searchable matrix; every cell carries evidence — papers, trials, indications. We borrow this idea: every cell represents the existing evidence for one composite combination.
Structured indexing of materials by physical and process properties. MatWeb hosts 160K+ materials; Granta Enterprise is used as first reference by aerospace design firms. Our matrix is the AI-native upgrade of this tradition.
Three dimensions: fiber × resin × process. Columns are 11 mainstream resins (UPR / VER / Epoxy / Phenolic / PU / BMI / Cyanate / PEEK / PPS / PA / Bio-epoxy); rows are 5 fiber systems; the third axis is 8 processes. Click any cell to see every material / formula / paper / patent for that combination.
Traditional taxonomies let you see one dimension at a time; a matrix shows every intersection, including the ones not yet studied well. The AI uses the same matrix to recommend your next engineering move, or to tell you 'nobody has done this one'.
Fiber × Resin combination matrix
Fiber ↓ · Resin → | UPRUnsaturated Polyester | VERVinyl Ester | EPEpoxy | PFPhenolic | PUPolyurethane | BMIBismaleimide | CECyanate Ester | PEEKPEEKTP | PPSPPSTP | PAPolyamideTP | Bio-EPBio-based Epoxy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GLASSGlass Fiber | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ |
CARBONCarbon Fiber | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ |
BASALTBasalt Fiber | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | · | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
ARAMIDAramid Fiber | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | · |
BIOBio-based Fiber | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | · | · | · | · | ○ | ● |
5 fibers × 11 resins × 8 processes = 440 combinations. Click any cell to see the full evidence subset.
Third dimension: eight main forming processes
The process axis is used as a filter on the combination detail page. TP = thermoplastic matrix.
Three steps
Click any cell in the matrix above. The detail page lists every material / formula / paper / patent we have for that combination.
The detail page aggregates everything in our six libraries relevant to that combination. No keyword filtering needed.
The AI CTA at the bottom of the detail page pre-fills a question about that combination and jumps you into the AI chat with citations.
Treat composites as an enumerable combination space
The core industrial-composites question is not 'how do I use this material?', but 'for my load case, which fiber × resin × process combination is best?'. That is, at heart, a search problem — find the engineering-feasible and economically optimal points in a bounded but very large combination space.
This is exactly the path drug discovery (target × compound × indication) and chemical-space exploration (molecule × reaction × product) already walked. We borrow the same combinatorial thinking to organize composites — so both the AI and the engineer can locate, compare, and verify on the same matrix.