SMART MATERIALS: APPLICATION IN FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

Stimuli-responsive materials have been able to fascinate researchers owing to their unique responsive behaviour towards external stimuli and hence have seen immense applicability in digital technology, sensors and biomedical applications. The external stimuli induce changes in their internal physiochemical properties and facilitate improved heat/photo stability, enhancing detection sensitivity, accuracy and biocompatibility. In this aspect, another class of intelligent materials that has gained momentum are the shape memory polymers (SMP), shape memory alloys (SMA), and their composites. This emerging class material shows the unique property of shape memory effect (SME) which enables it to serve in challenging applications like medical, sensors, robotics, and in aerospace designs and more. These materials in term have also opened the door to smart clothing, as it made the integration of chemical sensors into textiles possible. Thus, here we have discussed the unique features of these smart materials and their advancement in various fields at current times.