Smart Composites: Design, Manufacturing and Integration
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Sustainable Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2025 | Viewed by 4438
Special Issue Editors
Interests: smart materials; composites; organic and printed electronics; sensors and actuators
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Interests: multifunctional materials; composites; sensors and actuators
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development of sustainable and interconnected smart systems, strongly based on the development of smart and multifunctional materials are a great challenge for the research community. Smart materials represent a class of materials increasingly used for advanced applications. Its ease of processing, the development of electronics, namely the growth of printed electronics, has made composite materials increasingly capable of being developed according to market needs. The combination of materials in a smart composite is a challenge due to the complexity of controlling the actuation or sensing capabilities of the materials that compose it. The design, its manufacture, and subsequent integration are thus the key to increasingly complex applications. This Special Issue will focus not only on modern methods, technologies, further integration and applications, but also on the discussion of the latest progress of this scientific subject. It is our pleasure to invite you to submit an original manuscript for this Special Issue, review papers, full papers, and short communications are all welcome.
Dr. Marco P. Silva
Dr. João Nunes-Pereira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart materials
- composites
- smart composites
- self-sensing
- electromechanical response
- háptic feedback
- sensors
- actuators
- multifunctional materials
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