Download or read book Smart Materials & Micro/Nanosystems written by Pietro Vincenzini and published by Trans Tech Publications Ltd. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection comprises 77 peer-reviewed papers which, together, offer a wealth of up-to-date information on “Smart Materials & Micro/Nanosystems”. Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). They are grouped under the rubrics: chapter 1 - Ferroelectrics, piezoelectrics, electrostrictive and magnetostrictive materials; chapter 2 - Stimuli responsive polymers and gels; chapter 3 - Shape memory polymers & magnetorheological fluids; chapter 4 - Smart multifunctional materials and composites; chapter 5 - Hybrid active materials systems; chapter 6 - Smart nanocomposites and nanomaterials; chapter 7 - Mems / nems; chapter 8 - Recent developments in electrical writable organic memory devices. This special volume has also been published online in the series, “Advances in Science and Technology” Vol. 54.