General information

In the last centuries technology and science have made a great development in the design of products using standard, basic materials also called “passive”. With the expansion of the materials’ market, our team has focused on different types of composites and on entirely new materials called “active” materials, also known as SMART materials. This term denotes the materials (fluids, gels, solids etc.)whose specific properties are changed due to the application of various external physical fields. Many types of SMART materials can be classified in terms of a given property that can be altered, such as conductivity, volume or viscosity.

Types of materials

In our laboratory we have developed numerous types of SMART materials which are very important in our expanding researches:

- magnetostrictive materials - under the influence of magnetic field they change their size,

- rheological - under the influence of electric and magnetic fields these materials undergo reversible changes in viscosity or material state.

- piezoelectric - ceramic or polymer materials, which change their dimensions under the influence of an electric field ,

- shape memory alloys (SMA) - materials which change their shape according to changes in temperature.

 

 

Applications

Materials created by us may be used in many applications:

- actuators

- sensors,

- shock absorbers,

- in precision machining,

- in fuel injectors,

- and others.

Our team is also capable of manufacturing dedicated magnetorheological fluids and magnetostrictive composites.

 

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