The increased demands for applications related to energy harvesting and sensing has led to the development of multifunctional materials that are capable of one providing more than one primary function, including the intelligent combination of structural, optical, electrical, magnetic, chemical, and thermal properties. Multifunctional materials can also combine a range of transduction mechanism to provide more efficient energy harvesting and/or sense a range of stimuli, including the combination of piezoelectric, electromagnetic, and triboelectric effects within a single device. The creation of such smart systems requires an understanding of fundamental mechanism, material development & design, materials manufacture, modeling tools, and ultimately the application and testing of such materials in existing and new applications.
Session topics
- Fundamentals of multifunctional materials and devices
- Design and manufacture of multifunctional materials
- Modeling of multifunctional materials and systems
- Multifunctional energy harvesting and sensing
- Application of multifunctional materials and devices
- Multifunctionality to provide radically new properties, including catalytic activity and water treatment
Organizer
- Chris Bowen, University of Bath, UK, c.r.bowen@bath.ac.uk
