Smart Materials-Future Prospects:

Smart materials display response in a controlled manner in environments that change. It comprises of unique molecular structure, smart materials respond to a wide array of external stimuli such as electric fields, magnetic fields, pressure, temperature, moisture, and chemicals.

The major factors driving the growth of smart materials market are the rising demand for sensors and actuators in consumer electronics, aerospace & defence, and consumer goods have propelled the demand. Other aspects such as increasing demand of piezo-electric devices in the different end-user application are likely to trigger the smart materials market. These devices are used in industries such as medical devices, robotics, information, automotive, information technology and telecommunication. Further, bionics and flourishing artificial organ industry are likely to boost the smart materials market.

 Types of smart materials:

·         Piezoelectric

·         Shape Memory Alloys

·         Magneto strictive

·         Shape Memory Polymers

·         Hydrogels

·         Electroactive Polymers

·         Bi-Component Fibres

Smart materials are the advanced material that will sense and respond to a wide range of stimuli, in various fields like electric, nuclear radiation, magnetic fields, pressure, hydrostatic pressure, temperature, mechanical stress, and pH change. The different and the most unique property of these materials allow them to change to their original state the scientists and researchers have found a most simplified, low-cost method to make and produce particles of undercooled metal.

These materials have these properties like magneto strictive, piezoelectric, electro chromic materials shape memory, phase change and have gained a wide range of industrial acceptance. Moreover, electro active polymers, ferromagnetic shape memory alloys, carbon nanotube actuators conductive polymers, and are few of the emerging smart materials in the market, with strong application potential soon.

Attend our upcoming conference “4th International Conference on Crystallography & Novel Materials”, during November 19-20, 2018 at Bucharest, Romania and share your knowledge and latest updates regarding smart materials and material science

Contact:

Jessica Mark

Program Manager | Crystallography Congress 2018

Email: novelmaterials@materialsconferences.org