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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Intelligent Materials"”.
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Machine Learning-Augmented Spectroscopies for Intelligent Materials Design
… characterization techniques used to interrogate materials’ structural and dynamical properties at atomic to mesoscopic length scales. As advances at scientific user facilities enable the collection of ever larger data volumes in higher-dimensional parameter spaces, the design, analysis, and …
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Feasibility study in using intelligent-materials to create actuators with muscle capabilities that can enhance prosthetics
… where none yet has obtained a broader use. Intelligent materials show great potential in creating new actuators. Previous attempts in creating muscle similar actuators have in general been an effort of material science, resulting in a range of various materials; shape memory alloys, electro …
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Analysis and Design of a Morphing Wing Tip using Multicellular Flexible Matrix Composite Adaptive Skins
… of a morphing wing tip composed of smart materials. Much research is currently being performed within many facets of engineering on the use of smart or intelligent materials. Examples of the beneficial characteristics of smart materials might include altering a structure's mechanical …
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Towards greener stationary phases : thermoresponsive and carbonaceous chromatographic supports
… chemical and electrical stimuli are termed as ‘intelligent materials’ and are widely used in medical and engineering applications. Presently, polymers which can undergo a physical change when heat is applied at a certain temperature (cloud point) in water are well-studied for this property in …
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An investigation of the interfacial characteristics of nitinol fibers in a thermoset composite
A heightened interest in intelligent material systems has occurred in recent years due to their remarkable adaptive abilities. Intelligent materials systems, which contain sensors and actuators coupled by means of active control, frequently utilize composite materials as the skeletal structure. In …
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Collective behavior of driven Janus colloids in external fields
… and point to many potential applications such as intelligent materials that can shift properties with external triggers.
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The performance of nitinol shape memory alloy actuators embedded in thermoplastic composite material systems
Intelligent materials are a class of material systems usually consisting of a composite or hybrid material system with fibrous or distributed actuators, various sensors and a control system. One type of actuator being developed for intelligent material systems is made of nitinol or shape memory …
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Development of novel optical sensors
… onto inorganic supports, creating a range of intelligent pigments, has opened up a fresh way of developing a new family of intelligent materials. The incorporation of such intelligent pigments into thermoplastic polymers to create a range of flexible plastic indicators is described. The …
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Entropy and surfaceness
… developments in the engineering of so-called intelligent materials seek to invest material or inert matter with characteristics or behaviors of life. Scientists intend the materials to sense, process and respond to environmental forces in a dynamic bio-mimetic manner through engineering at the …
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Dynamics of smart materials in high intensity focused ultrasound field
Smart materials are intelligent materials that change their structural, chemical, mechanical, or thermal properties in response to an external stimulus such as heat, light, and magnetic and electric fields. With the increase in usage of smart materials in many sensitive applications, the need for a …
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Physics-based Modeling Techniques for Analysis and Design of Advanced Suspension Systems with Experimental Validation
… of vehicular and structural systems using intelligent materials and controllable devices. Advanced modeling tools validated with experimental test data are developed to help with understanding the fundamentals as well as advanced and novel applications of smart and conventional suspension …
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Light-triggered release of bioactive compounds from HA/PLL multilayer films for stimulation of cells
… as a powerful tool to assemble tailor-made materials for controlled drug delivery. The LbL films can as well be engineered to act as mimics of the natural cellular microenvironment. Thus, due to the myriad possibilities such as controlled cellular adhesion and drug delivery offered by LbL …
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Fabrication and Study of Switchable Polymer Layers with Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Behavior
The framework of this thesis aims to fabricate materials, which change surface characteristics in response to environmental conditions. This response may be employed to improve material characteristics as adhesion, wettability, interaction with cells etc. The mixed brushes introduce adaptive and …