Special Issue "Advanced Strain and Deformation Sensing Materials and Applications"
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2021) | Viewed by 10012
Special Issue Editors
Interests: multifunctional materials for sensors and actuators; environmental, energy and biomedical applications
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Interests: polymer composites; additive manufacturing; functional materials; sensors and actuators; energy harvesting; stretchable sensors; natural polymers; prototypes devices
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Interests: printed technologies; smart surfaces; interface electronics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Strain and deformation sensors are among the most used in a large variety of devices and applications, ranging from aerospace application to biomedicine. In this scope, novel materials and processing technologies are being developed, allowing the implementation of those sensors in a large variety of novel devices and applications. Thus, nanoscale control of materials and microfabrication techniques are improving precision and integration, whereas printing technologies and novel polymer-based composites allow implementation of flexible and even stretchable sensing solutions. Further, advances strain and deformation sensing materials are at the basis of a wide variety of novel applications in the areas of structural health monitoring and in the biomedical field, among others, as well as to the development of novel concepts of multifunctional and interactive surfaces.
It is our pleasure to invite you to submit original research papers, short communications or state-of-the-art reviews within the scope of this Special Issue. Contributions can range from fundamental properties of materials, their processing and characterization, as well as to innovations in processing technologies or the development of applications.
Prof. Dr. Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez
Dr. Pedro Costa
Prof. Dr. Vítor Manuel Gomes Correia
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- smart materials
- electronic skin
- strain sensing
- multifunctional materials
- smart surfaces