Materials that Move Smart Materials, Intelligent Design /

• Main Authors: Bengisu, Murat (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Ferrara, Marinella (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: PoliMI SpringerBriefs,
• Subjects: Materials-Surfaces.; Thin films.; Chemical engineering.; Engineering-Materials.; Electrochemistry.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Materials Engineering.

This book presents a design-driven investigation into smart materials developed by chemists, physicists, materials and chemical engineers, and applied by designers to consumer products, buildings, interfaces, or textiles. Introducing a class of smart materials (referred to as stimuli-responsive, mor...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Materials that Move
• Shape shifting in nature
• Manufacturing and Processes Related to Shape Memory Materials and Products
• Materials that Move for Intelligent Design
• Technical Applications of Shape Memory Materials
• Case Studies.