There are a number of types of smart material, of which are already common. Some examples are as following:
Piezoelectric materials are materials that produce a voltage when stress is applied. Since this effect also applies in a reverse manner, a voltage across the sample will produce stress within sample. Suitably designed structures made from these materials can, therefore, be made that bend, expand or contract when a voltage is applied.
Shape-memory alloys and
shape-memory polymers are materials in which large deformation can be induced and recovered through temperature changes or stress changes (
pseudoelasticity). The shape memory effect results due to respectively martensitic phase change and induced elasticity at higher temperatures.
Magnetostrictive materials exhibit a change in shape under the influence of magnetic field and also exhibit a change in their magnetization under the influence of mechanical stress.
Magnetic shape memory alloys are materials that change their shape in response to a significant change in the magnetic field.
Halochromic materials are commonly used materials that change their color as a result of changing acidity. One suggested application is for paints that can change color to indicate
corrosion in the metal underneath them.
Chromogenic systems change color in response to electrical, optical or thermal changes. These include
electrochromic materials, which change their colour or opacity on the application of a voltage (e.g.,
liquid crystal displays),
thermochromic materials change in colour depending on their temperature, and
photochromic materials, which change colour in response to light—for example, light-sensitive
sunglasses that darken when exposed to bright sunlight.
Ferrofluids are magnetic fluids (affected by magnets and magnetic fields).
^Tatiya, Pyus D.; Hedaoo, Rahul K; Mahulikar, Pramod P.; Gite, Vikas V. (16 January 2013). "Novel Polyurea Microcapsules Using Dendritic Functional Monomer: Synthesis, Characterization, and Its Use in Self-healing and Anticorrosive Polyurethane Coatings". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 52 (4): 1562–1570.
doi:
10.1021/ie301813a.
^Chaudhari, Ashok B.; Tatiya, Pyus D.; Hedaoo, Rahul K.; Kulkarni, Ravindra D.; Gite, Vikas V. (16 July 2013). "Polyurethane Prepared from Neem Oil Polyesteramides for Self-Healing Anticorrosive Coatings". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 52 (30): 10189–10197.
doi:
10.1021/ie401237s.
^Chemoresponsive Materials /Stimulation by Chemical and Biological Signals, Schneider, H.-J.; Ed:, (2015)The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge
https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/97817828822420
There are a number of types of smart material, of which are already common. Some examples are as following:
Piezoelectric materials are materials that produce a voltage when stress is applied. Since this effect also applies in a reverse manner, a voltage across the sample will produce stress within sample. Suitably designed structures made from these materials can, therefore, be made that bend, expand or contract when a voltage is applied.
Shape-memory alloys and
shape-memory polymers are materials in which large deformation can be induced and recovered through temperature changes or stress changes (
pseudoelasticity). The shape memory effect results due to respectively martensitic phase change and induced elasticity at higher temperatures.
Magnetostrictive materials exhibit a change in shape under the influence of magnetic field and also exhibit a change in their magnetization under the influence of mechanical stress.
Magnetic shape memory alloys are materials that change their shape in response to a significant change in the magnetic field.
Halochromic materials are commonly used materials that change their color as a result of changing acidity. One suggested application is for paints that can change color to indicate
corrosion in the metal underneath them.
Chromogenic systems change color in response to electrical, optical or thermal changes. These include
electrochromic materials, which change their colour or opacity on the application of a voltage (e.g.,
liquid crystal displays),
thermochromic materials change in colour depending on their temperature, and
photochromic materials, which change colour in response to light—for example, light-sensitive
sunglasses that darken when exposed to bright sunlight.
Ferrofluids are magnetic fluids (affected by magnets and magnetic fields).
^Tatiya, Pyus D.; Hedaoo, Rahul K; Mahulikar, Pramod P.; Gite, Vikas V. (16 January 2013). "Novel Polyurea Microcapsules Using Dendritic Functional Monomer: Synthesis, Characterization, and Its Use in Self-healing and Anticorrosive Polyurethane Coatings". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 52 (4): 1562–1570.
doi:
10.1021/ie301813a.
^Chaudhari, Ashok B.; Tatiya, Pyus D.; Hedaoo, Rahul K.; Kulkarni, Ravindra D.; Gite, Vikas V. (16 July 2013). "Polyurethane Prepared from Neem Oil Polyesteramides for Self-Healing Anticorrosive Coatings". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 52 (30): 10189–10197.
doi:
10.1021/ie401237s.
^Chemoresponsive Materials /Stimulation by Chemical and Biological Signals, Schneider, H.-J.; Ed:, (2015)The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge
https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/97817828822420