Smart Materials and Nanotechnology

Emerging Smart Materials and Structures

The medieval ages where stone, bronze, steel was used have now led to growth of Ceramics, Minerals from where Metallurgy field aroused. Physics, Chemistry, thermodynamics and several other fields of science have researched metals, alloys, silica and carbon nanomaterial. Material Science has now revolutionized from metals and alloys to semiconductors, plastics, biomaterials, rubbers, polymers, magnetic materials, medicinal implant materials, nanomaterial etc. and it doesn’t stop there yet! Smart structures are devices composed of smart materials capable of sensing stimuli, responding to it and reverting to its original state after the stimuli is removed. Self-Healing Materials, Magnetocaloric and thermoelectric materials, Polycaprolactone are emerging smart structures. Smart structures have the ability to resist natural calamities. Several materials like LiTraCon, Silicene, Aerogels, Graphene, Fullerene, Metamaterials, Quantum Dots and Lithium Ion Batteries have been emerging. These emerging smart materials have found potential applications in health, aerospace, automotive industry etc.