Innovators in Smart Materials

Smart Materials is a rapidly evolving discipline driven by fundamental breakthroughs and feats of incredible ingenuity and innovation. None of these advancements would be possible without the talented community of researchers working across the world, from Nobel Prize winners to rising stars. This Research Topic aims to celebrate those scientists leading the way.



Contributors to this collection were nominated by the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Materials, and by showcasing their work here, we aim to provide both a snapshot of the current field and also a glimpse of what the next decade might hold.



We welcome Original Research and Review articles, on themes including but not limited to:



- smart material modeling

- smart material characterization

- smart material control and numerical analyses

- smart material preparation and field-dependent material properties

- shape memory alloys and polymers

- piezoelectric materials

- piezomagnetic materials

- electrorheological fluids

- magnetorheological fluids

- electrostrictive materials

- magnetostrictive materials

- ferroelectric materials

- electroactive polymers

- eletroactive papers

- thermoelectric materials

- magnetocaloric materials

- applications to engineering systems include smart material development for automotive, robot, aerospace, machine, sensor/actuator networks, energy harvesting, health monitoring and biomimetic devices