Fundamentals of Smart Materials

This textbook covers the fundamentals of different functional material systems aimed at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. Each chapter includes an introduction to the material, its applications and uses with example problems, fabrication and manufacturing techniques, conclusions, homework problems and a bibliography. Edited by a leading researcher in smart materials, topics include piezoelectric materials, magnetostrictive materials, shape memory alloys, mechanochromic materials, chemomechanical polymers and self-healing materials.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178262645X
• ISBN13: 9781782626459
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"