Gas sensors are used for measuring the concentration of pressure of gases around their vicinity. These sensors are equipped with highly sensitive sensing elements of nanostructured materials. They find extensive application ...

Written by a team of experts that has been working together for several years in the context of a research network involving international institutions, this book brings several applications related to smart material systems ...

The new type of materials available all around the world, from enzymes or antibodies to nanomaterials, molecular imprinting polymers and surface modified products will be considered on the light of tremendous improvements ...

The scientific career of Vicente Lopes Jr at UNESP—Ilha Solteira—spanned three decades in which he worked on new applications of smart structures in structural health monitoring and active vibration control. Prof. Lopes ...

The purpose of this article is to present a method which consists in the development of unit cell numerical models for smart composite materials with piezoelectric fibers made of PZT embedded in a non-piezoelectric matrix ...

Throughout economic and productive development, we went through some revolutions that have changed the course of society and productive means. We are currently undergoing a fourth industrial revolution, which unites physical, ...