Smart Materials & Systems (BME306B)

Smart Materials & Systems

Course Code BME306B 
CIE Marks 50
Teaching Hours/Week (L: T:P: S) 3:0:0:0 
SEE Marks 50
Total Hours of Pedagogy 40 
Total Marks 100
Credits 03 
Exam Hours 03
Examination type (SEE) Theory

Module-1

Smart materials and structures: System intelligence- components and classification of smart structures, common smart materials and associated stimulus-response, Application areas of smart systems 

Module-2

Electrically Activated Materials: Piezoelectricity, Piezoresistivity, Ferroelectricity, Piezoelectric materials- piezoelectric effect, Piezoceramics, Piezopolymers, Piezoelectric materials as sensors, Actuators and bimorphs, nanocarbon tubes 

Module-3

Thermally activated materials: Shape memory materials; Shape memory alloys (SMAs), Classification - Transformation - Ni-Ti Alloys, Shape memory effect, Martensitic transformation, One way and two-way SME, binary and ternary alloy systems, Functional properties of SMAs, Shape memory ceramics - Shape memory polymers – Applications 

Module-4

Smart polymers: Thermally responsive polymers, Electroactive polymers microgels, Synthesis, Properties and Applications, Protein-based smart polymers, pH-responsive and photoresponsive polymers, Self-assembly, Drug delivery using smart polymers 

Module-5

Chemically Activated Materials - Chemical Gels - Self healing materials Optically Activated Materials - Optically activated polymers - Azobenzene - Liquid Crystal, Smart materials for space applications: Elastic memory composites, Smart corrosion protection coatings, Sensors, Actuators, Transducers,

Suggested Learning Resources: Books 

1. D.J. Leo, Engineering Analysis of Smart Material Systems, Wiley 2007. 

2. M. Addington, D.L. Schodek, Smart Materials and New Technologies in Architecture, Elsevier 2005. 

3. Donald R. Askeland and Pradeep P. Fulay, Essentials of Materials Science and Engineering, 2009, Cengage Laerning. 

References 

1. Gandi, M.V. and Thompson, B.S., “Smart Materials and Structures,” Chapman & Hall, UK, 1992, 

2. Culshaw, B., “Smart Structures and Materials,” Artech House, Inc., Norwood, USA, 1996. 

3. Dimitris C. Lagoudas, Shape Memory Alloys: Modelling and Engineering Applications, Springer, 2008. 

4. T. Yoneyama & S. Mayazaki, Shape memory alloys for biomedical applications, CRCPress, 200