By definition and general agreement, smart materials are materials that have properties which may be altered in a controlled fashion by stimuli, such as stress, temperature, moisture, pH, and electric or magnetic fields. There are numerous types of smart materials, some of which are already common. Examples include piezoelectric materials, which produce a voltage when stress is applied or vice ...

Many electroactive functional materials have been used in smalland microscale transducers and precision mechatronic control systems for years. It was not until the mid-1980s that scientists started integrating electroactive materials with large-scale structures as in situ sensors and/or actuators, thus introducing the concept of smart materials, smart structures, and structronic systems. This p...

The investigations of a multilayer material – polymeric radio-transparent electrically conductive film polyaniline with concentration 5, 10 and 50 % by weight on fiberglass substrate were carried out. Such materials are multifunctional the itself has required characteristics, but when it is exposed to external electromagnetic radiation, provides shielding functions. Electrically polymer samples...