Industrial Applications for Intelligent Polymers and Coatings

This book is a comprehensive collaboration on intelligent polymers and coatingsfor industrial applications by worldwide researchers and specialists.The authors cover the basis and fundamental aspects of intelligent polymers and coatings, challenges, and potential mechanisms and properties. They include recent and emerging industrial applications in medical,smart textile design, oil and gas, electronic, aerospace, and automobile industries aswell as other applications including microsystems, sensors, and actuators, amongothers. The authors discuss the potential for future research in these areas forimprovement and growth of marketable applicationsof intelligent polymers and coatings.