Aims and scope
ISSS Journal of Micro and Smart Systems publishes reviews, full–length papers, and short communications exploring the relationships between Smart Materials, Structures and Systems. The journal plans to establish itself as the leading source of primary communication for scientists investigating the interdisciplinary areas of micro and Smart Structures, Systems and properties of all Smart engineering materials some of which are listed below:
Multiphysics: Theoretical and computational advancements and industrial applications of mechanics, acoustics, electromagnetics, magnetics, electrics, fluidics, chemistry, thermodynamics, structures, materials science, biology, etc.
Bio-nanotechnology: bio-photonics, bio-mechanics, bio-manipulation
Smart Materials: conducting, electroactive or chiral polymers, smart ceramics, smart composites, micro-and nano-structured materials, self-assembled materials, liquid crystals, biomaterials, etc.
Sensing and Actuation: electric, magnetic, acoustic, electromagnetic, infrared, optical, chemical, inertial, mechanical, biological etc.
Fabrication Technologies: tools, processes, and materials, vacuum technologies, new fabrication and integration techniques for both silicon and non-silicon materials, top-down and bottom-up approaches, low cost approaches, packaging
Electronics: integration of interface circuits with micro-and nano-scale devices, reliability and sensitivity enhancement RF MEMS & MOEMS: switches, phase shifters, reconfigurable antennas, integrated optics, optical fibre technology, tunable optics Energy harvesting: means for accumulation and storage of mechanical forms of energy
Smart Structures: smart aerospace structures, civil infrastructures, transportation vehicles
Controls: structural acoustic control, real-time implementation, stability of adaptive structures
Structural Health Monitoring: damage assessment, alleviation, and health monitoring of composites, aerospace structures, civil infrastructures and transportation vehicles; self-healing structures
Applications: smart materials and sensors in defense ,agriculture, aerospace, automobile, biomedical, etc. field implementations of sensor networks.