Advanced Lightweight Multifunctional Materials

Advanced Lightweight Multifunctional Materials

Woodhead Publishing in Materials
2021, Pages 1-24
Advanced Lightweight Multifunctional Materials

Chapter One - Overview on lightweight, multifunctional materials

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Abstract

Lightweight, multifunctional materials represent a burgeoning field in materials science and engineering based on their technological applications in a wide variety of areas ranging from sensors and actuators, materials for structural and environmental applications, energy generation and storage, or biomedicine, among others. This chapter presents an overview of the main types, preparation techniques, and applications of the most relevant lightweight multifunctional materials, as well as on relevant materials to be applied and/or implemented in lightweight structures.

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