Fundamentals of Smart Materials

General Introduction to Smart Materials;

Review of Piezoelectric Materials;

Review of Piezoresistive Materials as Smart Sensors;

Review of Electrostrictive Materials;

Review of the use of Fibrous Contractile Ionic Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) in Smart Materials and Artificial Muscles;

Review of Magnetostrictive (MSMs) and Giant Magnetostrictive Materials (GMSs);

Review of Giant Magnetoresistive (GMR) Materials;

Review of Magnetic Gels as Smart Materials;

Review of Electrorheological Fluids (ERFs) as Smart Material;

Review of Magnetorheological Fluids as Smart Materials;

Review of Dielectric Elastomers (DEs) as Smart Materials;

Review of Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) as Smart Materials;

Review of Magnetic Shape Memory Smart Materials;

Shape Memory Polymers (SMPs) as Smart Materials;

Review of Smart Materials for Controlled Drug Release;

Review of Smart Mechanochromic and Metamaterials;

Review of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites (IPMCs) as Smart Materials;

Review of Smart Ionic Liquids;

Review of Conductive Polymers as Smart Materials;

Review of Liquid Crystal Elastomers;

Hydrogels, Including Chemoresponsive Gels, as Smart Materials;

Smart Nanogels for Biomedical Applications;

Review on Self-healing Materials;

Overview of Janus Particles as Smart Materials