SmartMat : Smart materials to Smart world

Biologically inspired ‘smart’ materials

Inspiration from nature and its translation to designing the next generation of biomedical devices have received immense attention recently. Biologically inspired materials utilise billions of years of evolution to generate diverse properties that would otherwise be difficult to achieve. These materials have the potential to address many limitations associated with more traditional materials. T...

Smart materials in dentistry.

Most dental materials are designed to have a relatively 'neutral' existence in the mouth. It is considered that if they are 'passive' and do not react with the oral environment they will be more stable and have a greater durability. At the same time, it is hoped that our materials will be well accepted and will cause neither harm nor injury. This is an entirely negative approach to material tol...

Smart materials and structures.

A smart structure is a system containing multifunctional parts that can perform sensing, control, and actuation; it is a primitive analogue of a biological body. Smart materials are used to construct these smart structures, which can perform both sensing and actuation functions. The ‘‘I.Q.’’ of smart materials is measured in terms of their ‘‘responsiveness’’ to environmental stimuli and their ‘...

Smart Hospitals Need Smart Managers

Smart Materials, Precision Sensors/Actuators,Smart Structures, and Structronic Systems

Many electroactive functional materials have been used in smalland microscale transducers and precision mechatronic control systems for years. It was not until the mid-1980s that scientists started integrating electroactive materials with large-scale structures as in situ sensors and/or actuators, thus introducing the concept of smart materials, smart structures, and structronic systems. This p...