Smart Materials for Science and Engineering

Upendra Kumar, Piyush Kumar Sonkar

• Publisher: Wiley-Scrivener
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9781394185818
• eBook ISBN: 9781394186464
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Materials Science
• Index: Technology & Engineering

SMART MATERIALS FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Smart materials, also known as advanced or creative materials, are described as advanced materials that react intuitively to environmental changes or as materials that can return to their original shape in response to certain stimuli. Smart materials are classified as either active or passive based on their characteristics. There are two types of active materials. The first kind cannot change its characteristics when subjected to outside stimuli, for example photochromatic spectacles that only alter their color when exposed to sunlight. The other, which includes piezoelectric materials, can change one sort of energy (thermal, electrical, chemical, mechanical, or optical) into another. When subjected to external pressure, it can generate an electric charge. As an example, optical fibers can transmit electromagnetic waves. In contrast, passive smart materials can transmit a specific sort of energy. They have some amazing qualities that set them apart from other materials, such as transiency, meaning they can react to different kinds of external stimuli immediately, self-actuation or the capacity to change their appearance and shape, selectivity where the response is divided and expected, directness when the response is limited to the activating event, shape-changing where the material can change its shape to external stimuli, their ability to determine their own health, also known as self-diagnosis, and their ability to self-heal.

The ability to synthesize novel materials has substantially progressed thanks to science and technology over the past 20 years. They fall mostly into the following four categories: polymers, ceramics, metals, and smart materials. Among these, smart materials are gaining popularity since they have more uses than conventional materials. Smart materials are unusual substances that have the ability to alter their properties, such as those that can immediately change their phase when placed near a magnet or their shape simply by applying heat. Humanity will be significantly impacted by this new era of smart materials. For instance, some of them can adapt their properties to the environment, some have sensory capabilities, some can repair themselves automatically, and some can degrade themselves. These extraordinary properties of smart materials will have an effect on all facets of civilization. There are many different types of intelligent materials, including magnetorheological materials, electro-rheostat materials, shape memory alloys, piezoelectric materials, and more.

This book describes many forms of smart materials and their possible uses in various fields. A literature survey discusses the different types of smart materials, such as based ceramics, polymers, and organic compounds and their needs, advantages, disadvantages, and applications will be comprehensively discussed. A discussion of well-established smart materials including piezoelectric, magnetostrictive, shape memory alloy, electro-rheological fluid, and magnetorheological fluid materials will be discussed with their present prospects.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Scope of the Book
• 1 Introduction: Historical Overview, Current and Future Perspective
• 2 Fabrication and Characterization Tools for Organic Semiconductors as Smart Materials in Optoelectronic Device Applications
• 3 Smart Scaffold Constructs for Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering
• 4 Application of Smart Materials in Dental Sciences
• 5 Graphene-Related Smart Material (GRSM): Synthesis, Characterization, and Application in Optoelectronics Devices
• 6 Synthesis and Characterization of Mechanical and Microstructural Properties of Fly-Ash-Reinforced Aluminum-Based Metal Matrix Composite
• 7 Organic Smart Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application
• 8 Magnetostrictive Material-Based Smart Materials, Synthesis, Properties, and Applications
• 9 Materials Development of Supercapacitors—Promising Device for Future Energy Storage Applications
• 10 Smart Solid Electrolyte Materials in Energy Storage Devices: Batteries
• 11 Smart Materials in Energy Storage Devices: Solar Cells
• 12 Mixed-Dimensional 2D–3D Perovskite Solar Cells: Origin, Development, and Applications
• 13 Advanced Materials in Energy Conversion Devices: Fuel Cells and Biofuel Cells
• 14 Smart Materials in Energy Storage Devices: Fuel Cells and Biofuel Cells
• 15 Role of Smart Materials in Environmental Remediation: CO2 Capture and CO2 Reduction
• 16 Soft Perovskite Semiconductors for Future Optical Electronics
• 17 Band Gap Engineering and Nanopatterning of Muscovite Mica by Low-Energy Ion Beams Applicable for Futuristic Microelectronics
• About the Editors
• Index
• Also of Interest
• End User License Agreement