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Nanotechnology &
Smart Materials
Nano Research & Applications
ISSN 2471-9838
O c t o b e r 0 4 - 0 6 , 2 0 1 8
Am s t e r d a m , N e t h e r l a n d s
Nanotechnology & Smart Materials 2018
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enewable materials maintain our resources from the environment, which we
can overcome degradation of natural environmental services and diminished
productivity. Cellulose is one of the nature’s most abundant natural polymers, the
main chemical components of wood and plants. It is a renewable material that
recycles to nature by composting with short period of time. The use of renewable
materials is essential in future technologies. This presentation reviews recent
advancement of cellulose for smart materials, including cellulose and its sensors,
actuators, energy storage and space structure applications. To further improve
functionality of renewable materials, hybrid composites of inorganic functional
materials are introduced by incorporating carbon nanotubes, titanium dioxide and
tin oxide conducting polymers and ionic liquids. Since renewable materials have
many advantages of biocompatible, sustainable, biodegradable, high mechanical
strength and versatile modification behaviours, more research efforts are
necessary on the development of renewable smart materials.
Biography
Jaehwan Kim has joined the Department of Mechanical
Engineering at Inha University, Korea in 1996, where he served
as Inha Fellow Professor. He is a fellow of The Korean Academy
of Science and Technology, National Academy of Engineering
of Korea, and Institute of Physics. He is an Associate Editor of
SmartMaterials and Structure
and Editor of International
Journal
of Precision Manufacturing and Engineering
. He has been the
Director of Creative Research Center for EAPap actuator funded
by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF). Recently, he
started another Creative Research Center for nanocellulose
future composites, sponsored by NRF. He has first discovered
cellulose as a smart material, which can be used for sensors,
actuators and electronic materials. His research interests
include smart materials, structures and devices, renewable
smart materials, cellulose, electroactive polymers, power
harvesting and flexible electronics. He has published more than
270 prestigious journal papers, 310 international conference
papers, more than 40 patents.
jaehwan@inha.ac.krCellulose based smart materials for future
technology
Jaehwan Kim, Hyun Chan Kim, Jung Woong
Kim, Ruth M Muthoka and Qin Yu Zhu
Creative Research Center for Nanocellulose Future Composites,
Inha University, South Korea
Jaehwan Kim et al., Nano Res Appl Volume:4
DOI: 10.21767/2471-9838-C6-024