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5.1 Smart Materials Student Table

Smart materials are designed to respond to environmental changes such as temperature or light. Examples include thermochromic materials that change color to indicate heat and shape memory alloys that return to their original shape when heated. These materials have various applications, including in safety products, clothing, and construction.

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5.1 Smart Materials Student Table

Smart materials are designed to respond to environmental changes such as temperature or light. Examples include thermochromic materials that change color to indicate heat and shape memory alloys that return to their original shape when heated. These materials have various applications, including in safety products, clothing, and construction.

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Smart What is it?

Applications
( give at least 2 examples and explain their use)
Material
Thermochromic Printed with liquid crystal ‘ink’ That 1. Warning signs to tell you if something is hot.
Sheet changes colour above 27°C. 2. Children toys
3. jewelry
4. temperature indicators

Thermochromic Pigments that change colour with 1. novelty mugs


Pigments temperature. 2. colour changing drink stirrers
3. baby feeding spoons to warn if the food is too
hot
Shape Memory An alloy that remembers its 1. spectacle frames
Alloy original shape and can return to it 2. cooling vents
(when heated) after being 3. stents
deformed. 4. dental braces

Shape Memory A polymer that remembers its 1. Smart breathable garments that can regulate
Polymer original shape and can return to it heat and moisture to the wearer’s body.
(when heated) after being 2. Wrinkle-free, anti-shrinkable and crease
deformed. retention fabrics
3. Automotive seatbelts using SMP fibers
(secures fibers) which absorb kinetic energy
increasing safety
4. Skin-care products with moisturizing,
whitening, brightening and anti-ageing effects
due to controlled release of nutritious
ingredients or drugs
5. Wound dressing products that deliver a drug
release in response to variations in pH or
temperature, allowing wounds to heal quickly
6. Deodorant fabrics that release deodorants at
specific temperatures
7. Wearable electronic devices

Photochromic Materials that react to light 1. Energy efficient windows


Materials 2. normal glasses being used as sunglasses
3. products that change colour in the presence
of uv light
Self-healing Artificial or synthetic materials 1. bio concrete
Materials that can automatically repair 2. cutting mats
damage to themselves without
human intervention.
Smart Wire A wire that changes its length 1. Mechanical systems
with a useful pulling force when a
small current is passed through it. 2. robotics

Smart materials respond to differences in temperature or light in some way. They are
called smart because they sense conditions in the environment and respond to those
conditions.

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