Traditional materials are currently being increasingly replaced by smart materials as a result of this trend. Smart building materials provide various advantages for both consumers and the environment, including lower fuel and energy usage and environmental friendliness.
Smart materials will take some time to find a stable “position” in the building materials industry, but this is also a positive development.
Scientists have studied and created a variety of materials that can “detect failure” and “self-heal” since the 1990s of the previous century. This is how smart materials will operate in the future.
All living things have the capacity to adapt and repair themselves in order to bounce back from environmental stresses. For instance, the body may adapt and eventually heal itself when a person has a fractured bone, bleeding, or skin wound. The same capacity exists in both plants and animals.
Nevertheless, materials in general and building materials in particular, such as reinforcing and plastic, do not have this capacity. Since these materials are “non-living,” they are unable to adapt to their environment or cure themselves. dress. This is a serious negative since the occurrence will result in significant damage if the materials are harmed.
The question of whether it is conceivable to transform “non-living” materials into “living” materials with long-term usage projects then sprang to mind. Would it be feasible to add a particular chemical to the substance that would prevent a large bridge from sounding the appropriate alarm or would a vessel immediately adapt to combat it in the event of damage?
These were some of the first concepts behind smart materials. Smart materials have been researched and investigated up to this point. Traditional materials are merged with cutting-edge scientific technology to create objects with the capacity to “feel” and “self-heal.”
