Advances in Smart Materials and Applications
1School of Materials & Mineral Resources Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
2Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
3Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIK), Swabi, Pakistan
4Department of Electrical Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
5Department of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
6Faculty of General Studies & Microsystems, Regensburg University of Applied Sciences, Regensburg, Germany
Advances in Smart Materials and Applications
Description
Evolution of engineering materials is strongly depending on the growing transformation of complexity in engineering products. New materials being designed are required to provide specific properties and demonstrate certain functional characteristics by manipulating their dimension, chemistry, and structure through various advanced technologies. Therefore, “smartness” of a material has become the topic of interest. Properties of smart materials may change according to the applied external stimuli. For example, colors of electrochromic and thermochromic materials may change when an appropriate amount of electric and thermal energy is applied to the materials, respectively. In this special issue, the main focus is on the advances of organic- and inorganic-based smart materials and their applications in areas of energy, environment, security, and health. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Thermochromic and electrochromic materials
- Adaptive oxide electronic materials
- Shape memory materials
- Piezoelectric materials
- Piezophotonic materials
- Piezophototronic materials
- Thermo- and photoelectric materials
- Smart materials for energy harvesting
- Smart materials for multifunctional sensors
- Smart materials for actuators
- Simulation and modeling of smart materials
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