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Materials Science and Nanotechnology | Volume: 03
WORLD CONGRESS ON SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES
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3rd International Conference on
POLYMER CHEMISTRY AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING
November 21-22, 2019 | Singapore
Joint event on
Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Silicon Age are
the names given to the timeline of human civilization
history which highlight the materials in use during each
period. The mere naming process suggests that each of
these periods evolved technologically and culturally to
the next era, primarily through advancements in the field
of materials science. The demand for lighter, stronger,
and more reliable materials has resulted in the study of a
new prospect called multifunctional materials. A specific
subgroup of such materials with the capability to sense,
process, and respond to external stimuli evolved as smart
materials. Camouflage of a chameleon, shyness of the
leaves of touch-me not plant, ink shooting of a squid are
few of the popularized smartness exhibited by nature,
which we humans have copied as ready made solutions
during the various stages of our developments. More
the challenges, more we looked for stable solutions from
natural smart systems. The basic units of such smart
systems are termed as smart materials that by function or
properties respond intelligently. Shape memory systems
or materials find a significant place among the synonyms
used for smart materials in this modern era. Alloys,
ceramics, gels, polymers and their combinations enrich
the domain of shape memory materials, applications of
which ranges from cardiovascular stents to deploy-able
robotic arms for deep space missions. Today, technology’s
Cutting edge lustre portrays new manufacturing freedom
of shape memory materials inducing multiple dimensions
defining 4D printing and 5D materials. The lecture titled
“Smart materials: Evolution of Intelligence” will take a
journey through the natural smart systems, their influence,
various shape memory materials and their mechanisms,
applications that links us back to the nature.
Biography
Arun D I is a Scientist at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO and is
responsible for design and realisation of composite overwrapped
propellant tanks for electric propulsion spacecrafts for ISRO missions. His
area of research focuses on smart materials and structures as replacement
for the pyro-systems currently in use for deployment in spacecrafts and
other space based applications. He has published a book titled SHAPE
MEMORY MATERIALS with CRC press, Taylor & Francis group which
addresses the basic principles, synthesis / fabrication and applications
of smart materials, specifically shape memory materials. In addition to
the book, he has generated many research articles about shape memory
materials (both theoretical and experimental) which are published with
popular refereed journals. His bachelor degree is in Civil Engineering,
Masters in Project management and PhD is in the field of Aerospace
Engineering.
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Arun D I
Indian Space Research Organisation, India
Smart materials: Evolution of intelligence
Mater Sci Nanotechnol, Volume: 03