Download or read book Design, Fabrication, Properties and Applications of Smart and Advanced Materials written by Xu Hou and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces various advanced, smart materials and the strategies for the design and preparation for novel uses from macro to micro or from biological, inorganic, organic to composite materials. Selecting the best material is a challenging task, requiring tradeoffs between material properties and designing functional smart materials. The de