Abstract “Smart Materials” are materials that change their shape, color, or size in response to
an externally applied stimulus. While smart materials have already made a tremendous …

This textbook covers the fundamentals of different functional material systems aimed at
advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. Each chapter includes an introduction …

Ferromagnetic shape memory (FMSM) alloys constitute an exciting new class of smart
materials that can yield magnetically switchable strains of several percent at constant …

Smart materials have intrinsic properties that change in a controlled fashion in response to
external stimuli. Currently, the only smart materials with a significant clinical impact in …

This article presents a review of recent important developments in the field of intelligent
material systems. Intelligent material systems, sometimes referred to as smart materials, can …

By definition and general agreement, smart materials are materials that have properties
which may be altered in a controlled fashion by stimuli, such as stress, temperature …

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are a class of smart materials characterized by shape memory
effect and pseudo-elastic behavior. They have the capability to retain their original form …

There is a high demand for functional smart materials, especially for new material groups in
advanced Technologies. These materials are used in the actuator, sensor, control systems …

Magnetic shape memory alloys (MSMAs) are a new and rapidly developing class of smart
materials. These alloys demonstrate significant strain (from 6% to 12%) under an external …

Shape memory alloys have been fascinating to designers, architects, and researchers in the
past decade. There is something about the uncanny ability of seemingly inanimate wires …