Recent Advances in Smart Materials and Structures
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2022) | Viewed by 8640
Special Issue Editors
Interests: flexible electronics; 2D material; sensors; memory devices; micro/nano robots; health-care applications
Interests: growth and fabribation of 2D materials; nanostructure fabrication and property study; heterostructures; application devices
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are inviting submissions to the Special Issue entitled “Recent Advances in Smart Materials and Structures”.
The application of smart materials and structures is one of the most important issues of the future. To create a more advanced form of materials and structures, it is necessary to provide the required functions of sensing, information converting, automated response, self adaptation and so on. Typically, smart materials can be subdivided based on their response mode or different external stimulus. Therefore, devices based on smart materials and structures can be applied for multi-functional sensors, photoelectric and piezoelectric fields, and so on. In this Special Issue, we invite submissions exploring cutting-edge research and recent advances in the field of smart materials and structures. Both theoretical and experimental studies are welcome, as well as comprehensive review and survey papers.
Prof. Dr. Jing Zhao
Prof. Dr. Guangyu Zhang
Dr. Rong Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart materials
- micro/nano structures
- functional devices
- fabrication method
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