{"product_id":"intelligent-stimuli-responsive-materials-isbn-9781118452004","title":"Intelligent Stimuli-Responsive Materials","description":"There has been concerted effort across scientific disciplines to develop artificial materials and systems that can help researchers understand natural stimuli-responsive activities. With its up-to-date coverage on intelligent stimuli-responsive materials, \u003ci\u003eIntelligent Stimuli-Responsive Materials\u003c\/i\u003e provides research, industry, and academia professionals with the fundamentals and principles of intelligent stimuli-responsive materials, with a focus on methods and applications. Emphasizing nanostructures and applications for a broad range of fields, each chapter comprehensively covers a different stimuli-responsive material and discusses its developments, advances, challenges, analytical techniques, and applications.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors ix\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Nature-Inspired Stimuli-Responsive Self-Folding Materials 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeonid Ionov\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Stimuli-Responsive Nanostructures from Self-Assembly of Rigid–Flexible Block Molecules 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eYongju Kim, Taehoon Kim, and Myongsoo Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Stimuli-Directed Alignment Control of Semiconducting Discotic Liquid Crystalline Nanostructures 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHari Krishna Bisoyi and Quan Li\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Anion-Driven Supramolecular Self-Assembled Materials 115\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHiromitsu Maeda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Photoresponsive Cholesteric Liquid Crystals 141\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eYannian Li and Quan Li\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Electric- and Light-Responsive Bent-Core Liquid Crystals: From Molecular Architecture and Supramolecular Nanostructures to Applications 189\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eYongqiang Zhang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Photomechanical Liquid Crystalline Polymers:Motion in Response to Light 233\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHaifeng Yu and Quan Li\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Responsive Nanoporous Silica Colloidal Films and Membranes 265\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmir Khabibullin and Ilya Zharov\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Stimuli-Responsive Smart Organic Hybrid Metal Nanoparticles 293\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChenming Xue and Quan Li\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Biologically Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels 335\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAkifumi Kawamura and Takashi Miyata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Biomimetic Self-Oscillating Polymer Gels 363\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRyo Yoshida\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Stimuli-Responsive Surfaces in Biomedical Applications 377\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlice Pranzetti, Jon A. Preece, and Paula M. Mendes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Stimuli-Responsive Conjugated Polymers: From Electronic Noses to Artificial Muscles 423\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAstha Malhotra, Matthew McInnis, Jordan Anderson, and Lei Zhai\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndex 471\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“From this book it becomes clear that the potential of stimuli-responsive materials is enormous. It is a superb guide to the subject, and I enthusiastically recommend reading it.”  (\u003ci\u003eAngew. Chem. Int. Ed\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 October 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eQUAN LI, PhD,\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of the Organic Synthesis and Advanced Materials Laboratory of the Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University, where he is also Adjunct Professor in the Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program. He has directed research projects supported by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), U.S. Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (DoD MURI), U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and U.S. National Science Foundation, among other funding institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSets the foundation for the development of new smart materials with a broad range of industrial applications\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInspired by nature, intelligent stimuli-responsive materials mimic how natural materials and systems respond to stimuli such as light, heat, and electric fields. With contributions from an international team of leading materials researchers and nanoscientists, this book enables readers to master the basic design principles and methods for developing intelligent stimuli-responsive materials. Moreover, the authors present the most promising strategies to overcome the many challenges in creating smart materials that provide the properties and characteristics needed for specific industrial applications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntelligent Stimuli-Responsive Materials\u003c\/i\u003e emphasizes nanostructures as the basic building blocks for industrial applications within a broad range of fields, including polymer science, materials science, organic chemistry, engineering, photonics, electronics, and green chemistry. Each chapter thoroughly examines a different stimuli-responsive material, addressing all the latest advances in design, analytical techniques, and applications. Topics focus on new and emerging developments in the field, including:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eNature-inspired, stimuli-responsive, self-folding materials\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStimuli-responsive nanostructures from self-assembly of rigid–flexible block molecules\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePhotoresponsive, cholesteric liquid crystals\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStimuli-responsive, hybrid, metal nanoparticles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBiomimetic, self-oscillating polymer gels\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStimuli-responsive surfaces in biomedical applications\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eFilled with detailed examples, \u003ci\u003eIntelligent Stimuli-Responsive Materials\u003c\/i\u003e is ideal for students and researchers new to the field, introducing them to the diverse range of research and development activities around the world. Experienced researchers can turn to the book to discover the latest breakthroughs and perspectives, helping them develop their own approaches to solving current problems and designing new intelligent stimuli-responsive materials and applications.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989441560805,"sku":"NP9781118452004","price":209.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118452004.jpg?v=1761784112","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/intelligent-stimuli-responsive-materials-isbn-9781118452004","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}