Smart/modern materials

Thermochromic liquid crystals
1. Changes colour depending on the temperature
2. Used in novelty mugs and thermomiters
Piezoelectric crystals
1. Gives very small electric charge
2. Used in earphones
Liquid crystal display
1. Light to dark when electric is supplied
2. You can have a coloured display
3. Works using LED lights
Phosphorescent pigment
1. Gives off light
2. Power saving
3. Absorbs energy from daylight and lets it out at night
4. Used in fire exit lights
Electroluminescent lighting
1. Gives off light but still flexible
2. Used in car panel and dial lighting, fire exit signs
Smart ink
1. Used for Kindles
2. Means you can read a screen with no sunlight glare
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
1. Sends information to a detector
2. Information can be seen on a database
3. Stop people steeling stuff from shops
4. Is in bus cards, oyster cards, printer cards etc
5. Takes energy from detector it is swiped against to send off low level radio signal message to the same detector. Detector reads message as a number.
Composite material
1. Glass reinforced plastic (GRP) - fiber glass
2. Carbon fiber
3. Medium density fiberboard (MDF)

Resource summary

	Created by Gregory Male almost 8 years ago