Intelligent materials

Author: Yao Kangde
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: Smart materials are a new type of functional materials that can perceive external stimuli, judge and appropriately process, and execute actions on their own. Smart materials and smart structures have enormous potential applications, and their development will drive and promote technological advancements in many fields. This book introduces the bionic concepts of smart materials and focuses on the composition principles, application areas, and development prospects of smart metal materials, smart inorganic non-metallic materials, smart polymer materials, smart drug release systems, smart polymer microspheres, smart membrane materials, smart fibers, and bionic engineering materials, among others. This book is a popular science reading material, primarily intended for managers, scientists and technicians, as well as undergraduate and graduate students and teachers.