• 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