Adaptive, Active and Multifunctional Smart Materials Systems -- Preface and Committees -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Smart Inorganic Materials Systems -- Integrated Piezoelectrics for Smart Microsystems - A Teamwork of Substrate and Piezo -- Modeling of 3D Magnetostrictive Systems with Application to Galfenol and Terfenol-D Actuators -- Impact of Sputter Deposition Parameters on the Leakage Current Behavior of Aluminum Nitride Thin Films -- Dielectric Properties of Ba1-xLaxTi1-x/4O3 Ceramics with Different La3+ Content -- Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors Based on the PMN-PT-PFN Solid Solution -- Ceramics PMN-PT-PFN for Multilayer Capacitors -- Comparison of the Long-Term Stability of TiO2 Hydrosols with Different Concentration of Nanoparticles -- Study on the Fabrication of Visible Light Response Type N-Doped TiO2 Photocatalyst by SPS -- Chapter 2: Stimuli Responsive Polymers and Gels -- Recent Progress in Disposable Ion-Selective Sensors for Environmental Applications -- Hydrogel Sensors for Process Monitoring -- Calix[4]Arenes Appended with Thioamide Moieties as Powerful Tool for Heavy Metals Recognition -- Enhanced Piezoelectric Properties of Electrospun Poly(vinylidene fluoride)/ Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Composites -- Novel Adaptive Damping Systems Based on Magnetorheological Fluids -- A Model Reference Adaptive Control of a Magnetorheological Fluid Brake -- Modeling and Analysis of the Electrorheological Fluids (Suspension Flow) with Aligned-Structure Reformation -- Chapter 3: Luminescent and Chromogenic Materials Systems -- Chromogenic Windows -- Tristriazolotriazines with π-Conjugated Segments: Star-Shaped Fluorophors and Discotic Liquid Crystals -- Thermotropic Materials for Adaptive Solar Control.

Synthesis, Characterization and Luminescent Properties of New Coordination Polymers Based on p-tert-Butylcalix[4]Arene-Tetracarboxylic Acid and Lanthanide Cations -- Chapter 4: Multifunctional Composites and Porous Materials Systems -- Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Interleaves for Multifunctional Fiber Reinforced Composites -- Superhard TiB2 - Based Composites with Different Matrix Fabricated from Elemental Powders by SHS-p-HIP -- Optimization of a Pyrolysis Procedure for Obtaining SiC-SiCf CMC by PIP for Thermostructural Applications -- Magnetoactive Superhydrophobic Foams for Oil-Water Separation -- Highly Porous Polymeric Foam of Maleimide-Termiated Poly(arylene ether sulfone) Oligomers via High Internal Phase Emulsions -- Surface Modification of High Internal Phase Emulsion Foam as a Scaffold for Tissue Engineering Application via Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment -- Characterization of Ti-27Nb-13Zr Alloy Produced by Powder Metallurgy -- Influence of Hydrochloric Acid Concentrations on the Formation of AgCl-Doped Iron Oxide-Silica Coreshell Structures -- Lectinhistochemistry Evaluation of Bone after Implantation with Macroporous Titanium Samples -- Chapter 5: Non-Volatile Memory Devices -- Inorganic Nanoparticles for either Charge Storage or Memristance Modulation -- Memory Effect of a Different Materials as Charge Storage Elements for Memory Applications -- Chapter 6: Multiferroics -- Multi-Component Oxide Thin Films and Heterostructures for Electronics: Growth Principles -- Magnetoelectric Properties in Nickel Ferrite - Niobate Relaxor Bulk Composites -- Magnetic Properties of the Bi7Fe3Ti3O21 Aurivillius Phase Doped with Samarium -- Reflection of Electromagnetic Waves from Multiferroic TbMnO3 -- Chapter 7: Metamaterials -- Design and Optimization of Microwave Triangular Meta-Material Resonators in Coplanar Configuration.

Controlling Electromagnetic Wave Based on Magnetic Metamaterials -- Nonlinear Backward-Wave Photonic Metamaterials -- Method of CRLH Antenna Impedance Measurement by Means of On-Wafer Characterization Equipment -- Chapter 8: Graphene -- In Situ CCVD Grown Graphene Transistors with Ultra-High On/Off-Current Ratio in Silicon CMOS Compatible Processing -- Two Dimensional Graphene/h-BCN Based Devices with Large Ion/Ioff Ratio for Digital Applications -- Dielectric-Tuned Diamondlike Carbon Materials for an Ultrahigh-Speed Self-Aligned Graphene Channel Field Effect Transistor -- Breakdown of the Quantum Hall Regime in a 'Confined' Graphene -- Chapter 9: Multifunctional Materials for Energy Harvesting -- Cobalt Doped ZnO Nanorods Fabricated by Chemical Bath Deposition Technique -- Thermoelectric Generating Properties of Aurivillius Compounds -- The Synthesis of In-Se by Vapor Transport Method -- Hybrid Photovoltaic-Piezoelectric Flexible Device for Energy Harvesting from Nature -- Phoretic Deposition of Graphene on Manganese-Cobalt Oxide Composites for Supercapacitor Electrodes -- Chapter 10: Actively Moving Polymers -- Multiple Shape-Memory Behavior of Polyethylene/Polycyclooctene Blends Cross-Linked by Electron Irradiation -- Tailored One-Way and Two-Way Shape Memory Response of Poly(ε-Caprolactone)-Based Systems for Biomedical Applications -- Modeling of Shape-Memory Recovery in Crosslinked Semicrystalline Polymers -- Photoresponsive Liquid Crystalline Polymeric Materials -- pH-Responsive Hyperbranched Copolymers from One-Pot RAFT Copolymerization of Propylacrylic Acid and Poly(ethylene glycol diacrylate) -- Magnetic Field Induced Formation of Magnetic Wires into Thin Elastic Membranes with Controlled Properties -- Soft Microorigami: Stimuli-Responsive Self-Folding Polymer Films.

Ethanol Induced Shape Recovery and Swelling in Poly(methyl methacrylate) and Applications in Fabrication of Microlens Array -- Keywords Index -- Authors Index.