Yoshida Mutsumi, Lahann Joerg
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
ACS Nano. 2008 Jun;2(6):1101-7. doi: 10.1021/nn800332g.
"Smart" materialsmaterials that respond to a stimulus or their environment to produce a dynamic and reversible change in critical propertieshave enabled progress in many areas, including display technologies, drug delivery, and self-healing materials for coating applications, among others. Many of the current examples of smart materials are biomimetic, since nature employs and depends on dynamic and rapid switching for critical functions such as vision, camouflage, and ion channel regulation. Despite progress in designing smart materials and surfaces, much work is still needed in this area to increase their implementation in useful applications. In this Perspective, the challenges and outlook in this field are highlighted, including the work of Balazs and co-workers found in this issue of ACS Nano.
“智能”材料，即那些能对刺激或其所处环境做出响应，从而在关键特性上产生动态且可逆变化的材料，已在包括显示技术、药物递送以及用于涂层应用的自愈材料等诸多领域取得了进展。当前许多智能材料的实例都是仿生的，因为自然界利用并依赖动态且快速的转换来实现诸如视觉、伪装和离子通道调节等关键功能。尽管在设计智能材料和表面方面已取得进展，但该领域仍需开展大量工作，以提高它们在实际应用中的应用程度。在这篇展望文章中，强调了该领域的挑战和前景，包括本期《美国化学会纳米》杂志中巴拉兹及其同事的研究工作。
