Chemicals and Drugs

Smart Materials

Materials designed to change properties in response to changes in their environment adopting various predetermined shapes and/or functionalities.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Materials designed to change properties in response to changes in their environment adopting various predetermined shapes and/or functionalities.

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Synonyms

28 entry terms
  • Adaptive Material
  • Adaptive Materials
  • Intelligent Material
  • Intelligent Materials
  • Smart Material
  • Material, Adaptive
  • Material, Intelligent
  • Material, Smart
  • Actuating Material
  • Actuating Materials
  • Sensing Material
  • Sensing Materials
  • Shape Memory Material
  • Shape Memory Materials
  • Shape Memory Polymer
  • Shape Memory Polymers
  • Shape-Memory Material
  • Shape-Memory Materials
  • Shape-Memory Polymer
  • Shape-Memory Polymers
  • Material, Actuating
  • Material, Sensing
  • Material, Shape Memory
  • Material, Shape-Memory
  • Memory Material, Shape
  • Memory Polymer, Shape
  • Polymer, Shape Memory
  • Polymer, Shape-Memory

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Aspects Covered

18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.

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History Note

2020

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. D05.937w
  2. D25.860w
  3. D27.720.102.751w
  4. J01.637.051.860w

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NLM Classification

QT 37.5.S6

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Smart Materials. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000080745. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000080745
  2. Smart Materials. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_material
  3. Smart Materials. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1474679