Smart Materials Research

Special Issue on Smart Composite Materials

Call for Papers
Smart composite materials are a novel type of composite materials in which a smart material is a constituent. It can be created by combining a conventionally functioning material, such as metal, polymer, or ceramic, with a smart material, for example, piezoelectric, magnetostrictive, shape memory material, thermoelectric, photovoltaic, electrochromic, and/or electrorheological uid. Recent advances in studying and developing smart composite materials have introduced new technologies for health monitoring, active control, and self-restoration of structural and functional materials. Knowledge and understanding of this rapidly growing eld have led to the synergy of interdisciplinary science and engineering. We invite investigators to contribute original research articles as well as review articles that will stimulate the continuing eorts to understand the smart composite materials underlying material fabrication, characterization, multiphysical behavior, material design, applications, and smart composites device or instrument development. We are particularly interested in articles describing the exploration to new understanding and discovery of physical, chemical, mechanical, electrical, and biological properties and applicable phenomena of smart composite materials. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journals Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www .hindawi.com/journals/smr/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to the following timetable: Manuscript Due First Round of Reviews Publication Date Lead Guest Editor Sontipee Aimmanee, Advanced Materials and Structures Laboratory (AMASS), Department of Mechanical Engineering, King Mongkuts University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thaiand; sontipee.aim@kmutt.ac.th Guest Editors Michael W. Hyer, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; hyerm@vt.edu Ji Su, Advanced Materials and Processing Branch, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23666, USA; ji.su-1@nasa.gov Hiroshi Asanuma, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School & Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan; asanuma@faculty.chiba-u.jp December 15, 2011 March 15, 2012 June 15, 2012

Material formulations, synthesis, and processing Manufacturing technology Smart composite design Interface and interaction science Material characterization Exploitation of multiphysical coupling Material modeling and simulation Structural health monitoring Energy harvesting Actuation and motion control Morphing materials and structures Bioinspired materials Display materials Solar radiation control Future development and perspectives

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