1. NANOINTELLIGENT MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS
- Author
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Yufeng Guo, Chun Tang, and Wanlin Guo
- Subjects
chemistry.chemical_classification ,Phase transition ,Materials science ,Bioengineering ,Nanotechnology ,Shape-memory alloy ,Polymer ,Quantum Hall effect ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Smart material ,Piezoelectricity ,Computer Science Applications ,chemistry ,General Materials Science ,Graphite ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Actuator ,Biotechnology - Abstract
Domain switch, phase transition and electrochemical mechanisms introduced traditional smart materials to various technologies such as piezoelectric ceramics, shape memory alloys and elastor/polymer used in actuators, sensors, etc. From the studies on carbon nanotues, graphite and other nanoscaled materials, we show that due to the quantum effect induced response at atomic or molecular level, all matters in this scale would exhibit intelligent behaviors, and buildings based on this are expected to construct nanointelligent systems which can be believed to improve the current technologies.
- Published
- 2006