The Next Generation of Smart Structures with Embedded Sensor Capabilities Volume 1 - Issue 1

Dionysios E Mouzakis*

• Laboratory of Mechanics, Hellenic Army Academy, Greece

Received: October 04, 2019   Published: October 10, 2019

Corresponding author: Dionysios E Mouzakis, Laboratory of Mechanics, Hellenic Arme Academy, Greece

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Abstract

In the first and second decades of the 21st century nanotechnology has given impetus to a new generation of materials namely smart materials. Having the abilities to transform in shape, to sense and correspond to external stimuli like temperature, pressure, sound, etc. and to counteract these, they excited the engineers into many new concepts like adaptive structures in aeronautics, active biomaterials and smart self-healing composite materials. This scheme was corroborated by the parallel progress in nanotechnology, as well as a real explosion in the additive manufacturing technologies, which enabled many types of sensors and smart or responsive nanomaterials to be incorporated into structural parts. This mini review paper provides an opinion on these new conceptual technologies such as 4D printing into the oncoming third decade of the century which has already been characterized as the era of nano - and bio- engineering.

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