Intelligent Materials
Encyclopedia of Smart Materials 2 Volume Set
Smart materials–materials and structures that can impart information about their environment to an observer or monitoring device–are revolutionizing fields as diverse as engineering, optics, and medical technology. Advances in smart materials are impacting disciplines across the scientific and technological landscape. Now, practictioners and researchers have an authoritative source to go to for answers about this [...]
Smart Materials and Technologies in Architecture
ISBN: 0750662255Author: Michelle AddingtonPublisher: Architectural PressPublication Date: 2004-12-10Number Of Pages: 256Average Amazon Rating: 5.0Today, architects and designers are beginning to look toward developments in new”smart” or “intelligent” materials and technologies for solutions to long-standing problemsin building design. However, these new materials have so far been applied in a diversebut largely idiosyncratic nature, because relatively few [...]