Smart Polymers and Composites

This chapter covers the smart polymers and composites used for various applications like fuel cells, bio-medical applications, temperature and pH-responsive polymers, membranes, and nanocomposites. Smart polymers and composite popularity is increasing for various reasons like the polymers can be designed as environmentally friendly, stimuli-responsive like green polymers, smart polymeric coatings, biopolymers for cleaning dyes from water at the end of adsorbent, and energy efficient as a fuel cell and smart filtration process as a membrane. Other than conventional membrane, stimuli-responsive membrane materials are also discussed. The use of biocompatible polymer and biodegradable polymer materials for various applications is also included in the chapter.