Active Materials
Active Materials

Author: Peter Fratzl

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-12-20

Total Pages: 521

ISBN-13: 3110562200

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What are active materials? This book aims to introduce and redefine conceptions of matter by considering materials as entities that ‘sense’ and respond to their environment. By examining the modeling of, the experiments on, and the construction of these materials, and by developing a theory of their structure, their collective activity, and their functionality, this volume identifies and develops a novel scientific approach to active materials. Moreover, essays on the history and philosophy of metallurgy, chemistry, biology, and materials science provide these various approaches to active materials with a historical and cultural context. The interviews with experts from the natural sciences included in this volume develop new understandings of ‘active matter’ and active materials in relation to a range of research objects and from the perspective of different scientific disciplines, including biology, physics, chemistry, and materials science. These insights are complemented by contributions on the activity of matter and materials from the humanities and the design field. Discusses the mechanisms of active materials and their various conceptualizations in materials science. Redefines conceptions of active materials through interviews with experts from the natural sciences. Contextualizes, historizes, and reflects on different notions of matter/materials and activity through contributions from the humanities. A highly interdisciplinary approach to a cutting-edge research topic, with contributions from both the sciences and the humanities.

Active Materials
Active Materials

Author: Peter Fratzl

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-12-20

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 3110562065

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What are active materials? This book aims to introduce and redefine conceptions of matter by considering materials as entities that ‘sense’ and respond to their environment. By examining the modeling of, the experiments on, and the construction of these materials, and by developing a theory of their structure, their collective activity, and their functionality, this volume identifies and develops a novel scientific approach to active materials. Moreover, essays on the history and philosophy of metallurgy, chemistry, biology, and materials science provide these various approaches to active materials with a historical and cultural context. The interviews with experts from the natural sciences included in this volume develop new understandings of ‘active matter’ and active materials in relation to a range of research objects and from the perspective of different scientific disciplines, including biology, physics, chemistry, and materials science. These insights are complemented by contributions on the activity of matter and materials from the humanities and the design field. Discusses the mechanisms of active materials and their various conceptualizations in materials science. Redefines conceptions of active materials through interviews with experts from the natural sciences. Contextualizes, historizes, and reflects on different notions of matter/materials and activity through contributions from the humanities. A highly interdisciplinary approach to a cutting-edge research topic, with contributions from both the sciences and the humanities.

Adaptive, Active and Multifunctional Smart Materials Systems
Adaptive, Active and Multifunctional Smart Materials Systems

Author: Pietro Vincenzini

Publisher: Trans Tech Publications Ltd

Published: 2012-09-11

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 3908158850

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The 55 peer-reviewed papers collected here together offer a plenitude of up-to-date information on “Adaptive, Active and Multifunctional Smart Materials Systems”. Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). The papers are conveniently arranged into: Chapter 1: Smart Inorganic Materials Systems, Chapter 2: Stimuli Responsive Polymers and Gels, Chapter 3: Luminescent and Chromogenic Materials Systems, Chapter 4: Multifunctional Composites and Porous Materials Systems, Chapter 5: Non-Volatile Memory Devices, Chapter 6: Multiferroics, Chapter 7: Metamaterials, Chapter 8: Graphene, Chapter 9: Multifunctional Materials for Energy Harvesting, Chapter 10: Actively Moving Polymers.

Active Materials and Adaptive Structures, Proceedings of the ADPA/AIAA/ASME/SPIE Conference, held in Alexandria, Virginia, 4-8 November 1991
Active Materials and Adaptive Structures, Proceedings of the ADPA/AIAA/ASME/SPIE Conference, held in Alexandria, Virginia, 4-8 November 1991

Author: Gareth J. Knowles

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1992-07-01

Total Pages: 940

ISBN-13: 9780750301916

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The many areas of intelligent systems and smart structures incorporating active materials are now emerging rapidly as an exciting broad-based discipline. These proceedings address the explosion in both theory and application of recent and ongoing developments in smart, intelligent or adaptive structures currently taking place in universities, industry and government laboratories. Scientists and engineers working in underwater vehicle technology, aircraft systems, smart munitions, civil engineering; biomedical, robotics and space platforms will find this an invaluable reference.

Expanding the Vision of Sensor Materials
Expanding the Vision of Sensor Materials

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1995-06-22

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 0309176751

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Advances in materials science and engineering have paved the way for the development of new and more capable sensors. Drawing upon case studies from manufacturing and structural monitoring and involving chemical and long wave-length infrared sensors, this book suggests an approach that frames the relevant technical issues in such a way as to expedite the consideration of new and novel sensor materials. It enables a multidisciplinary approach for identifying opportunities and making realistic assessments of technical risk and could be used to guide relevant research and development in sensor technologies.

Adaptronics – Smart Structures and Materials
Adaptronics – Smart Structures and Materials

Author: Johannes Michael Sinapius

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-08-24

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 3662613999

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Since the 1980s, scientists have been researching adaptive structures for materials, for multifunctional elements or even for complete systems. Adaptronics (smart materials, smart structures, smart systems) is a field of distinct interdisciplinarity. The book therefore offers an interdisciplinary view of adaptronic systems, materials and functional elements and their applications. The subject matter integrates various engineering disciplines, from electrical engineering and information technology to manufacturing and control engineering, materials engineering and structural mechanics - to name but a few of the relevant subject areas. Starting from the basic principles and variants of adaptronic systems and functional materials, the textbook explains the different construction methods of functional elements. Building on this, readers learn how to apply this knowledge to active shape control, active vibration control and active vibroacoustics. For each of these topics the author presents current examples from research, discusses research results and future research questions. Each of the nine chapters closes with references to further literature. An index of the mathematical symbols used and a keyword index facilitate learning for readers.The book is aimed at Master's students in engineering courses such as mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, mechatronics, automotive engineering and related courses. The book provides a comprehensive overview for industrial practitioners who want to familiarize themselves with the field of adaptronics and also serves as a reliable reference book.