Course: Smart Materials

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Course title Smart Materials
Course code TUFMI/TP8SM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Ilčíková Markéta, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Mrlík Miroslav, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
- Electrorheological fluids. - Electrorheological elastomers. - Electro-acting materials. - Magnetorheological suspensions. - Magnetorheological elastomers. - Magneto-acting materials. - Photo-activating materials. - Materials reacting to changes in humidity. - Materials reacting to a change in temperature. - Materials reacting to a change in pH. - Materials for obtaining energy by mechanical stimulation. - Materials for storing electrical energy. - Materials responding to a combination of many stimuli. - Surfaces changing properties due to external stimuli.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Simple experiments
  • Preparation for course credit - 120 hours per semester
learning outcomes
Knowledge
clarify the behaviour of electrorheological materials
clarify the behaviour of electrorheological materials
clarify the behaviour of magnetorheological materials
clarify the behaviour of magnetorheological materials
clarify the behaviour of materials reacting to temperature change
clarify the behaviour of materials reacting to temperature change
clarify the behaviour of materials reacting to changes in pH
clarify the behaviour of materials reacting to changes in pH
clarify the behaviour of surfaces changing their properties due to external stimuli
clarify the behaviour of surfaces changing their properties due to external stimuli
Skills
propose the use of electrorheological materials
propose the use of electrorheological materials
propose the use of magnetoreologic materials
propose the use of magnetoreologic materials
propose the use of temperature-responsive materials
propose the use of temperature-responsive materials
propose the use of pH-responsive materials
propose the use of pH-responsive materials
propose the use of surfaces that change properties due to external stimuli
propose the use of surfaces that change properties due to external stimuli
teaching methods
Knowledge
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Skills
Simple experiments
Simple experiments
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
assessment methods
Knowledge
Analysis of works made by the student (Technical products)
Analysis of works made by the student (Technical products)
Oral examination
Oral examination
Recommended literature
  • ALEXANDRIDIS, P., HATTON, T.A. Poly(Ethylene Oxide)-Poly(Propylene Oxide)-Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Block-Copolymer Surfactants in Aqueous-Solution and at Interfaces - Thermodynamics, Structure, Dynamics and Modeling. Colloids and Surfaces A - Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 96(1-2), 1-46, 1995.
  • HAO, T. Electrorheological Fluids: The Non-Aqueous Suspensions. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Elsevier, 2005.
  • HOLTEN-ANDERSEN, N., HARRINGTON, M.J., BIRKEDAL, H., LEE, B.P., MESSERSMITH, P.B., LEE, K.Y.C., WAITE, J.H. pH-Induced Metal-Ligand Cross-Links Inspired by Mussel Yield Self-Healing Polymer Networks with Near-Covalent Elastic Moduli.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108(7), 2651-2655, 2011.
  • MRLÍK, M., ALMAADEED, M.A.S. Fillers and Reinforcements for Advanced Nanocomposites. Chapter 16: Fillers in Advanced Nanocomposites for Energy Harvesting. Woodhead Publishing, Elsevier, 2015. ISBN 978-0-08-100080-3.
  • PARK, B.J., FANG, F.F., CHOI, H.J. Magnetorheology: Materials and Application. Soft Matter 6(21), 5246-5253, 2010.


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