2016 Int. Conference on Material Engineering and Smart Materials (ICMESM 2016)

Topics are interested but not limited to:

Smart materials: shape memory alloys and polymers, electro and magnetorheological materials, piezoelectrics, ferroelectrics, multiferroics, piezomagnetics, electro and magnetostrictive materials, thermoelectrics, photovoltaics, electro and magnetocaloric materials, electrochromics, electroactive polymers, energy storage materials, self-healing materials and multifunctional materials in general

Application of smart materials, structures and related technology

Fundamentals of smart materials

Intelligent systems, integrated with sensors, actuators and controllers, applied to automation and robotic systems that utilize smart material systems

Modeling/formulation and characterization of smart actuators, sensors and smart material systems

Smart material systems that utilize biomimetics and bioinspiration

Smart materials utilized as sensors and actuators with applications at any scale

Smart optical materials for modification in spectral shifts and refractive index shift

Trends and development in composite materials, intelligent hydrogels, interfacial phenomena, phase boundaries and boundary layers of phase boundaries, control, micro- and nano-systems, electronics