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This chapter will provide an insight into smart materials, which are a class of materials that can change their physical properties, such as shape, size, stiffness, color, or electrical conductivity, in response to external stimuli, such as temperature, pressure, light, humidity, magnetic, or electric fields. Various types of smart materials like shape memory alloys (SMAs), electroactive polymers (EAPs), piezoelectric materials, magnetostrictive materials, and thermoelectric materials were discussed in this chapter, along with their properties and applications. Nevertheless, the advantages of smart materials over the conventional materials along with the challenges were also discussed. Also, the possibility of integrating these materials with the existing systems was discussed.

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