Smart Materials
Technology Map Detailed Contents
December 2022
Importance of the Technology
The Technology in Brief
- Advantages
- Disadvantages
- Field-Dependent Solids
- Piezoelectric Materials
- Magnetostrictive Materials
- Electrostrictive Polymers
- Triboelectrics
- Smart Fluids
- Magnetorheological Fluids
- Ferrofluids
- Electrorheological Fluids
- Shear-Thickening Fluids
- Shape-Memory Materials
- Shape-Memory Alloys
- Shape-Memory Polymers
- Self-Healing Materials and Components
- Thermoelectric Materials
- Other Materials
- Beyond Smart Materials: Metamaterials
- Beyond Smart Materials: Living Materials
- Beyond Smart Materials: Programmable Matter
- Devices
- Shape-Memory Devices
- Smart Glass Devices
- Energy-Harvesting Devices
- Smart Textiles
- Thermoelectric Modules
- Magnetostrictive Devices
Commercial Development Parameters
- Demand Factors
- General Constraints
- Synergistic Technologies
- Competing Technologies
- Required Resources
- Regulatory Factors
Areas to Monitor
- High-Volume Consumer Applications
- Piezoelectric Power for MEMS
- Technology Migration toward Performance-Dominant Materials
- Tactile Sensation for Human-Machine Interfaces
- Increase in R&D Funds
- High-Response Materials
- Electronics Recycling
- Artificial Muscles
- Nanotechnology
- Smart Materials in Buildings
- Increasing Functionality
- Metamaterials
- Toxicity Legislation
Implications of Commercialization
- Diverse Range of Smart Materials
- Automotive Components and Systems
- Penetration of Mass Markets
- Delays in Mass Commercialization
Opportunities
- Automotive
- Industry Structure
- Opportunities
- Aerospace and Defense
- Industry Structure
- Opportunities
- Medical
- Industry Structure
- Opportunities
- Industrial, Power, and Construction
- Industry Structure
- Opportunities
- Electronics
- Industry Structure
- Opportunities
- Consumer Products
- Food and Drink Packaging
- Industry Structure
- Opportunities
- Robotics
- Industry Structure
- Opportunities
Updates
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