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1.

Brief introduction to smart


materials
2. Give examples of smart materials
3. Uses of smart materials
Materials that respond to a change of:

Temperature Contact with Water

Electrical current
Light

They usually change colour or shape.


Imagine:
There are many different
types of Smart Materials.....

Here are the 3


most
common types.
Polymorph
Polymorph is a material that can be shaped and
reshaped any number of times.
Electroluminescent sheets
Electroluminescent (El) emits a soft light
when in contact with light or electricity.
They are very thin, almost like ribbons or sheets of paper, and they
can be produced in a variety of colours
Thermochromic
A Thermochromic material changes colour
as it changes temperature.
Task 1
Using micro soft power point and the internet research
create a power point about the below smart materials.
Find out About
Shape memory alloys (SMA) Lycra
Photo chromic paint Kevlar
Reactive Glass Teflon
Thermo-chromic Carbon nanotubes
Polymorph
Electro luminescent
Slide Information

1 slide per Basic description of the


material materials (what it does,
Name of material where is it used?)
Images of product
Task 2
Using your understanding of smart materials and the
mechanical properties of materials, design something
to help a superhero.
Ideas
Costume, accessory, gadget, vehicle or weapon.

Things to Include?
Draw in pencil
Add colour
Use as many of the smart materials as possible
Label all smart materials used and give reasons
for your choice of material.
Helmet eyes
Example
Mask and body armour
Electroluminescen
t (El) emits a soft light Made from Kevlar which I
when in contact with durable, bullet proof and can
light or electricity, to be shaped into many different
allow batman to see in shapes.
the dark
Cape
Mixture of
All materials used in Polymorph and
the manufacture electro so material
of Batmans can be shaped and
costume must reshaped number of
have the times, when electricity
mechanical is passed through it.
properties of; Allows batmans cape to
1. Hardness change shape to allow
2. Toughness him to glide.
Task 3
Look at the items on your table.

Discuss within your group how


smart materials could improve them.
Task 1
Using micro soft power point and the internet research
create a power point about the below smart materials.
Find out About
Polymers (plastics)
Metals Thermoplastic Polypropylene
Ferrous Metals Stainless Steel (PP) Polythene High Density
and High Speed Steel. (HDPE) , Polythene Low Density
Non Ferrous Tin and pewter (LDPE) , Acrylonitrile Butadiene
Styrene (ABS) and Nylon

Thermosetting - Polyester resin


(PR) and Bakelite

Slide Information
1 slide per Basic description of the
materials.
material Properties (what it does, where
Name of material is it used?)
Images of products
What type of smart material
changes colour as it changes
temperature?

A: Electroluminescent B: Thermochromic C: Polymorph


What type of smart material can be
shaped and reshaped any number
of times?

A: Electroluminescent B: Thermochromic C: Polymorph


Look at this Watch.....
What smart material is
being used to illuminate
the face?

A: Electroluminescent B: Thermochromic C: Polymorph


Brief introduction to smart
materials
Give examples of smart
materials
Uses of smart materials

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