RSC Smart Materials

Smart Materials are attracting more attention than ever before from a wide range of different disciplines. New for 2012, the RSC Smart Materials book series is a collection of professional reference titles intended to provide accessible information on smart materials and its applications.

View list of books in this series.

Series Editors

Hans-J�rg Schneider

Saarland University, Germany

Mohsen Shahinpoor

University of Maine, USA

About the Series

The book series will include, but not be limited to, the following topics:

Energy conversion materials
     Solar cells
     Fuel cells
Biomedical Applications
     Smart materials for drug delivery
     Artificial muscles
    Implants
Electrical, electronic and magnetic applications
     Organic electronics/displays
     Liquid crystals
     Conducting polymers
     Photochromic materials
     Electrochromic materials
     Thermochromic materials
     Ferroelectric materials Piezoelectric materials
     Electronic devices
Bioactive surfaces
Molecular machines
Chemomechanical polymers
pH-sensitive materials
Temperature-responsive materials
Light-responsive materials
Supramolecular materials/catalytic applications
Shape memory materials
Smart nano(bio)materials
Self healing materials
Multifunctional materials

Readership

Highly interdisciplinary, the professional reference titles will appeal to scientists, researchers and professionals in academia and industry interested in materials and their applications. Including the areas of chemistry, polymers, physics, biology, medicine, energy/environment, detection science, electronics, healthcare and drug discovery.

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