Chapter 6. Smart Materials
Nano-scale science and engineering most likely will produce the strategic technology breakthroughs of tomorrow. Our ability to work at the molecular level, atom by atom, to create something new, something we can manufacture from the “bottom up,” opens up huge vistas for many of us....This technology may be the key that turns the dream of space exploration into reality.
—David SwainSenior Vice Presidentof Engineering & Technology,The Boeing Company
In this chapter…
Self-Healing Structures
Recognition
Separation
Catalysts
Heterogeneous Nanostructures and Composites
Encapsulation
Consumer Goods
Suppose that corrosion processes could be effectively stopped so that bridges and railroads could be maintained at a fraction of the ...
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