Includes Bibliographical References and Index

Residual stress in thin films / A.G. Vedeshwar -- Intelligent synthesis of smart ceramic materials / Wojciech L. Suchanek and Richard E. Riman -- Functionally graded polymer blend / Yasuyuki Agari -- Structural application of smart materials / R. Sreekala and K. Muthumani -- Composite systems modeling-adaptive structures: modeling and applications and hybrid composites / Ferromagnetic shape memory alloy actuators / Yuanchang Liang and Minoru Taya -- Aircraft applications of smart structures / Johannes Schweiger -- Smart battery materials / Arumugam Manthiram -- Piezoelectric and electrostrictive ceramics transducers and actuators -- Chitosan-based gels and hydrogels -- Films, coatings, adhesives, polymers, and thermoelectric materials -- Cure and health monitoring / Tatsuro Kosaka -- Drug delivery systems -- Fiber optic systems: optical fiber sensor technology and windows -- Flip-chip underfill: materials, process, and reliability / Zhuqing Zhang and C.P. Wong -- Dielectric cure monitoring of polymers, composites, and coatings: synthesis, cure, fabrication, and aging / David Kranbuehl -- Magnetorheological fluids / J. David Carlson -- Intelligent processing of materials / J.A. Güemes and J.M. Menendez -- Magnets, magnetic, and magnetostrictive materials -- Shape-memory alloys and effects: types, functions, modeling, and applications -- Current developments in electrorheological materials / Frank E. Filisko -- Carbon microtubes and conical carbon nanotubes / Santoshrupa Dumpala ... [et al.] -- "Smart" corrosion protective coatings / Patrick J. Kinlen and Martin Kendig -- Smart polymers for biotechnology and elastomers -- Vibration Control for Smart Structures -- Active truss structures / B. de Marneffe and André Preumont -- Application of smart materials and smart structures to the study of aquatic animals / Jesse E. Purdy and Alison Roberts Cohan -- Molecular imprinting technology / David A. Spivak -- Biomedical sensing / Dora Klara Makai and Gabor Harsanyi -- Intelligent chemical indicators / Christopher O. Oriakhi -- Piezoelectric polymer PVDF microactuators / Yao Fu, Erol C. Harvey, and Muralidhar K. Ghantasala -- Ultrasonic nondestructive testing and materials characterization / John A. Brunk -- Lipid membranes on highly ordered porous alumina substrates / Andreas Janshoff and Claudia Steinem.