Advanced Lightweight Multifunctional Materials
- 1st Edition - November 19, 2020
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: Pedro Costa, Carlos M. Costa, Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 8 5 0 1 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 8 5 0 2 - 5
Advanced Lightweight Multifunctional Materials presents the current state-of-the-art on multifunctional materials research, focusing on different morphologies and their preparati… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdvanced Lightweight Multifunctional Materials presents the current state-of-the-art on multifunctional materials research, focusing on different morphologies and their preparation and applications. The book emphasizes recent advances on these types of materials as well as their application. Chapters cover porous multifunctional materials, thermochromic and thermoelectric materials, shape memory materials, piezoelectric multifunctional materials, electrochromic and electrorheological, soft materials, magnetic and photochromic materials, and more. The book will be a valuable reference resource for academic researchers and industrial engineers working in the design and manufacture of multifunctional materials, composites and nanocomposites.
- Provides detailed information on design, modeling and structural applications
- Focuses on characteristics, processing, design and applications
- Discusses the main types of lightweight multifunctional materials and processing techniques, as well as the physico-chemical insights that can lead to improved performance
Academic researchers, materials scientists and industrial engineers working in the area of multifunctional materials, composites and nanocomposites
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Chapter One. Overview on lightweight, multifunctional materials
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Multifunctional materials classification and types
- 1.3. Lightweight multifunctional materials
- 1.4. Conventional preparation techniques
- 1.5. Application areas
- 1.6. Conclusions
- Chapter Two. Additive manufacturing of multifunctional materials
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Research scenario
- 2.3. Future trends
- Chapter Three. Porous, lightweight, metal organic materials: environment sustainability
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Requirements of MOF materials for metal ion recovery
- 3.3. Crystal chemistry and functionalization strategies of water-stable metal organic frameworks for metal ion revalorization
- 3.4. Inorganic ionic species uptake by metal organic framework
- 3.5. Future perspectives and concluding remarks
- Chapter Four. Multifunctional materials for clean energy conversion
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Energy conversion devices
- 4.3. Multifunctional nanomaterials for energy conversion applications
- 4.4. Conclusion
- Chapter Five. Advances in thermochromic and thermoelectric materials
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Thermochromic and thermoelectric materials and devices
- 5.3. Applications of thermochromic materials and devices
- 5.4. Applications of thermoelectric materials and devices
- 5.5. Summary and perspective
- Chapter Six. Lightweight, multifunctional materials based on magnetic shape memory alloys
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. FSMA/Polymer composites for magnetic actuation and mechanical damping
- 6.3. Porous FSMA materials
- 6.4. MSMA thin films and related nanostructures
- 6.5. MSMA thin wires
- 6.6. MSMA thin ribbons and processing
- 6.7. Conclusions
- Chapter Seven. Piezoelectric polymers and composites for multifunctional materials
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Piezoelectricity
- 7.3. Piezoelectric polymers
- 7.4. Piezoelectric polymer composites
- 7.5. Multifunctional applications
- 7.6. Conclusion and perspectives
- Chapter Eight. Advances of electrochromic and electro-rheological materials
- 8.1. Advances of electrochromic materials
- 8.2. Advances of electro-rheological materials
- 8.3. Conclusions
- Chapter Nine. High deformation multifunctional composites: materials, processes, and applications
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. High deformation piezoresistive polymers
- 9.3. Conductive reinforcement materials
- 9.4. Functional materials
- 9.5. Printable applications of piezoresistive composites
- 9.6. Conclusions
- Chapter Ten. Magnetoelectric composite materials: a research and development case study
- 10.1. Multiferroic materials
- 10.2. History of magnetoelectric composites
- 10.3. Designing of ME laminate composites
- 10.4. Magnetoelectric applications
- 10.5. Summary
- Chapter Eleven. Magnetic field into multifunctional materials: Magnetorheological, magnetostrictive, and magnetocaloric
- 11.1. Introduction
- 11.2. From high weight to lightweight
- 11.3. From idea to applications
- 11.4. Final remarks and future perspectives
- Chapter Twelve. Multifunctional materials based on smart hydrogels for biomedical and 4D applications
- 12.1. Introduction
- 12.2. Thermoresponsive hydrogels
- 12.3. pH responsive hydrogels
- 12.4. Photoresponsive hydrogels
- 12.5. Electrical-responsive hydrogels
- 12.6. Magnetoresponsive hydrogels
- 12.7. Conclusions
- Chapter Thirteen. Antimicrobial lightweight materials and components
- 13.1. Introduction
- 13.2. Antimicrobial components
- 13.3. Antimicrobial, lightweight materials
- 13.4. Conclusions
- Chapter Fourteen. Functional, lightweight materials: outlook, future trends, and challenges
- 14.1. Introduction
- 14.2. Outlook and future trends
- 14.3. Open challenges
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 19, 2020
- No. of pages (Paperback): 550
- No. of pages (eBook): 550
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128185018
- eBook ISBN: 9780128185025
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Pedro Costa
Pedro Costa graduated in Physics and obtained his PhD degree in Materials Engineering at the University of Minho, Portugal in 2013. He is currently a researcher at the same university working in polymer-based composites for energy harvesting, sensors and actuator applications. He participates in several international conferences, has published in scientific journals and has one patent registered. His research interests are in the field of polymer-based smart material composites and their applications, including energy harvesting and generation.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Minho, PortugaCC
Carlos M. Costa
Carlos M. Costa is an Assistant Researcher at the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. His work is focused on the development electroactive polymer based porous membranes, anode and cathode material for energy storage applications in lithium-ion batteries and printed batteries. He has also experience in the processing, characterization, and optimization of sustainable polymers and polymer nanocomposites for sensors and actuators.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Researcher, University of Minho, Braga, PortugalSL
Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez
Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez is Research Professor and Scientific Director at the Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, Leioa, Spain. His work is focused in the area of polymer-based smart materials for sensors and actuators, energy, and biomedical applications.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Professor and Scientific Director, Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, Leioa, SpainRead Advanced Lightweight Multifunctional Materials on ScienceDirect