Smart materials are a class of materials which have properties that can be significantly changed or controlled by means of external stimuli such as stress, temperature, electric field, magnetic field, etc. Shape memory alloys, piezoelectric, magneto calorific, thermoelectric materials are some of the well-known examples for smart materials and they have been widely used in various applications such as sensors, actuators and energy harvesters.
DYSL-SM is keen on developing indigenous smart materials for novel applications. To this end, the laboratory is working on two-fold activities wherein efforts are put to develop new smart materials with computational aided approach and to use existing smart materials in defence applications.