Smart Materials for a Green(er) Economy
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: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 4345
Special Issue Editor
Interests: smart materials; green transition; applied physics
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Dear Colleagues,
Smart materials can help to significantly reduce the environmental impact of manufactured products. Some, for example, can greatly reduce the energy consumption of air conditioning systems (e.g., phase change materials, or PCMs). Others, such as shape memory materials, reduce the complexity of systems and facilitate their recycling. Other examples include self-repairing fabrics, which can extend the life of products, and metamaterials, which allow a significant reduction in the weight of structures while maintaining a high level of performance.
The objective of this Special Issue is to give an overall perspective on the different families of smart materials which can significantly contribute to a greener economy and, more generally, to a greener world. It will include review papers as well as publications dedicated to the research and development of specific solutions based on these smart materials.
Prof. Dr. Pascal Nicolay and his collaborators at CiSMAT (Carinthia Institute for Smart Materials) want to use this SI to help raise awareness of the potential of smart materials for a greener economy. This series of papers should, in particular, enable a wide audience of researchers, engineers and designers to gain a better understanding of these materials and their potential applications, in order to enable them to develop ever more effective and environmentally friendly solutions.
Prof. Dr. Pascal Nicolay
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- smart materials
- green economy
- shape memory materials
- self-healing materials
- smart materials for structural health monitoring
- phase-changing materials (PCMs)
- lightweight structures
- meta-materials
- acoustic meta-surfaces
- non-Newtonian fluids
- compliant mechanisms
- low complexity
- “low-tech”
- 3D-printing of smart materials
