MatLib Vol. 05 – Microscopic, Crystal & Fluid Dynamics | 100 Blender Materials (M400–M499)

100 procedural Blender materials, numbered M400–M499, in one organized .blend library. Volume 05 of MatLib 1000, a 10-volume collection of 1,000 named materials.

Spanning microscopic structures, crystal thin sections and polarized-light patterns, fluid-dynamics flows, tilings and exotic physics-inspired materials.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• 1 Blender .blend library with 100 named materials (M400–M499)
• Fully procedural node-based shaders: no image textures to link or relink
• In-file material showcase scenes (Cycles) so you can preview every surface before using it
• Built and saved in Blender 5.1
• Short README with usage notes

EVERY MATERIAL IN THIS VOLUME (M400–M499)

• M400 Diatom Frustule – White ridged surface with fine concentric ribs.
• M401 Pollen Exine – Golden-tan spiky netted pollen texture.
• M402 Compound Eye – Dark glossy purple faceted eye with fine grid lines.
• M403 Butterfly Scale Ridges – Dark iridescent purple-green ridged scales.
• M404 Gecko Setae – Matte white with a fine fuzzy grain.
• M405 Velcro Hooks – Pale blue-grey matte with soft hooked bumps.
• M406 Tardigrade Cuticle – Soft beige wrinkled cuticle.
• M407 Hair Cuticle Scales – Tan overlapping scale dimples with a glossy finish.
• M408 Snow Crystal Dendrite – Frosty white-grey surface with fine dendritic ridges.
• M409 Salt Cubic Lattice – Glossy white with soft blotchy patches.
• M410 Radiolarian Silica – White with scattered small pitted pores.
• M411 Foraminifera Chambers – Smooth satin white.
• M412 Virus Capsid – Lilac faceted capsid surface with small pimples.
• M413 Blood Cells Stacked – Glossy red with tiny dark specks.
• M414 Neuron Dendrites – Soft translucent pale cyan glow.
• M415 Stomata Leaf – Green leaf cells with raised cell borders.
• M416 Trichome Field – Soft green leaf with a fine wrinkled grain.
• M417 Moth Antenna – Tan fine-ribbed fibrous texture.
• M418 Filiform Papillae – Pale pink with a fine dimpled texture.
• M419 Feather Barbule Hooks – White-grey with fine concentric ridges.
• M420 Nanotube Forest – Dark grey matte with a fine rough grain.
• M421 Graphene Wrinkles – Blue-teal iridescent wrinkled sheet with warm patches.
• M422 Sponge Spicule Mesh – White-grey woven mesh with fine ribs.
• M423 Insect Wing Membrane – Dark translucent membrane with cell veins.
• M424 Chitin Sensilla – Glossy tan-orange shell.
• M425 VitaminC Spherulites – White banded polarized-light pattern with rainbow edges.
• M426 Sucrose ThinSection – Pastel multicolour crystal mosaic in a thin-section look.
• M427 Urea Dendrites – Dark glossy surface with swirling bronze dendrite patterns.
• M428 Citric Rosettes – Polarized banded rosette pattern with rainbow edges.
• M429 Basalt ThinSection – Pastel mosaic with pink and lilac cells.
• M430 Quartzite Mosaic – Muted tan, grey and cream crystal mosaic.
• M431 Calcite Twins – Pastel mosaic with dotted twin-crystal cells.
• M432 Photoelastic Stress – White surface with rainbow stress fringes.
• M433 Nematic Schlieren – Warm cream and pink schlieren banding.
• M434 Cholesteric Fingerprint – Plain white with a fine vertical grain.
• M435 Smectic FocalConic – Grey-white focal-conic fan pattern.
• M436 Starch MalteseCross – Rainbow-edged radial Maltese-cross pattern.
• M437 Spherulite Banding – Black-and-white spherulite bands.
• M438 Ice ThinSection – Pastel multicolour crystal mosaic.
• M439 Collagen Birefringent – Swirling pastel birefringent mosaic.
• M440 Silk Fibroin – Concentric swirling pastel mosaic.
• M441 Cellulose Fibers – Dark glossy surface with bronze swirling fibre patterns.
• M442 DNA Cholesteric – Cream satin with a fine vertical grain.
• M443 Aspirin Crystals – Swirling pastel crystal mosaic.
• M444 Sulfur Crystals – Muted yellow-grey crystal mosaic with pale cells.
• M445 Insulin Rosettes – White-grey star and rosette pattern.
• M446 Menthol Feathers – Dark glossy surface with bronze feather-like patterns.
• M447 Tartaric Twins – Pastel mosaic with pale circular twin spots.
• M448 Hippuric Needles – Swirling pastel needle-like mosaic.
• M449 Amino Acid Garden – Clear glass-like surface with a pale crystal garden.
• M450 Suminagashi Marble – Navy and white concentric marbled rings with raised ridges.
• M451 Viscous Fingering – Smooth satin white.
• M452 HeleShaw Dendrite – Smooth glossy navy blue.
• M453 Benard Convection – Chocolate brown with scattered pale nut-like specks.
• M454 KelvinHelmholtz Billows – Blue and white rolling billow bands.
• M455 Karman Vortex Street – Blue and white vortex bands with a rounded form.
• M456 Faraday Waves – Silver metal with standing-wave bulges.
• M457 Smoke Ring – Dark grey matte with a soft, blurred look.
• M458 Ink Diffusion – Smooth satin white.
• M459 Rayleigh Taylor – Brown earthy relief that fills the frame in the preview render; check the scale on your own geometry.
• M460 Taylor Couette – Blue and white ringed bands with a bulging form.
• M461 Marangoni Cells – Olive-tan cells with pale cracked borders.
• M462 Droplet Coalescence – Pale blue-white lumpy droplets.
• M463 Acrylic Pour Cells – Pastel acrylic-pour cells in blue, yellow and pink.
• M464 Alcohol Ink Bloom – Glossy white with faint pink and blue blooms.
• M465 Chromatography Bands – Smooth satin pink.
• M466 Honey Coiling – Glossy amber honey with coiling folds.
• M467 Oil Dispersion – Dark glossy surface with iridescent oil droplets.
• M468 Foam Plateau – Matte white foam with soft raised patches.
• M469 Capillary Interference – Blue and white spiral ridges.
• M470 Bioconvection – Teal-green mottled cloud pattern.
• M471 Ferro Labyrinth – Glossy black with sharp labyrinth ridges.
• M472 Dendritic Solidification – Dark grey metal with ridged branching patterns.
• M473 Rayleigh Benard Plume – Soft peach and coral cloudy plume.
• M474 Paint Marbling Peacock – Blue marbled swirls with rainbow edges.
• M475 Penrose Quasicrystal – Olive-brown glossy surface with gold inlay patches.
• M476 Hat Monotile – Glossy gold and bronze with irregular broken patches.
• M477 Gyroid Lattice – Dark iridescent bumpy metal with a purple and green sheen.
• M478 SchwarzP Foam – Smooth glossy white.
• M479 WeairePhelan Foam – White cracked-cell foam relief.
• M480 Photonic Opal – Pastel iridescent surface studded with small bumps.
• M481 Metamaterial SRR – Dark slate with copper ring resonators.
• M482 SelfHealing Polymer – Grey-blue surface with glowing cyan crack seams.
• M483 LiquidMetal T1000 – Bright chrome with rippling liquid-metal waves.
• M484 NeutronStar Crust – Cream and brown striped ridges.
• M485 BEC Glow – Glowing blue and dark swirl bands.
• M486 DarkMatter Web – Pale lilac frosted surface with a faint web.
• M487 Hyperbolic Tiling – Smooth bronze-silver metal.
• M488 TimeCrystal Shimmer – Dark iridescent glass with oil-slick colours.
• M489 NegativeIndex Glass – Clear iridescent bubble glass.
• M490 Memristor Crossbar – Blue-grey metal crossbar grid.
• M491 Spintronic Domains – Deep blue with small pink spin-domain dots.
• M492 Holographic DataCrystal – Clear blue glass with frosted data bands.
• M493 Aerogel Frost – Soft pale blue frosted translucent surface.
• M494 Chameleon Metasurface – Pastel iridescent pixel mosaic.
• M495 Fractal Antenna Cu – Dark surface covered in copper fractal traces.
• M496 Programmable Voxels – Clear glass with a cyan voxel grid.
• M497 Muonium Plasma – Pale lilac fine-dotted pattern.
• M498 Quantum Foam – Blue and white foamy speckle pattern.
• M499 Singularity Lattice – Cream and green lattice with dark cracks.

HOW TO USE

Open the .blend in Blender, browse the showcase scene, then assign a material from the Material Properties panel or append it into your own project (File > Append > Material).

GOOD TO KNOW

• The preview images on this page are Cycles renders of the materials on spheres and simple shapes. Appearance depends on your scene, lighting, render engine, color management and geometry.
• Showcase scenes are set up for Cycles. Not tested in other render engines or older Blender versions.
• A few materials use strong displacement and can look extreme on small test objects; adjust the displacement scale to suit your geometry.
• This is a Blender project file, not a texture pack, add-on or universal exchange format.
• Digital download. Nothing is shipped.

LICENSE

Standard License: personal use and one commercial project (see ArtStation's Standard License). Extended Commercial License: unlimited commercial projects. Under either license, redistributing, reselling, sharing or repackaging the .blend file or its materials, modified or not, is not permitted.

Looking for the full set? See the MatLib 1000 Complete Bundle: all 10 volumes, 1,000 materials, at a lower price per volume.