Multifunctional Optimisation

Furthermore, metals present additional intrinsic properties, such as redox reversibility, magnetism and luminescence. It is, therefore, possible to take benefit from these peculiarities for the design of redox-controlled NLO switches as illustrated in this chapter or for the elaboration of materials combining two or more properties. This latter field of research is in its infancy but it is possible to anticipate many improvements in the future for the elaboration of multifunctional molecular material optimising simultaneously all the wonderful capacities of metals. 

In order to overcome some of the present limitations of pultruded parts, material-adapted forms will continue to be developed, optimising the material properties of FRP composites, with multifunctional capabilities, notably conciliating connection technology (e.g. snap-fit technology) and building... 

The textile industry still constitutes one of Europe s most relevant industrial sectors for both the economy and society. The very latest trend in textile and linked industries is to create miscellaneous new products which possess the potential of interacting with the surrounding environment through active feedback. This class of new interactive material is termed intelligent textile structures or smart textiles. In order to make interactive fabrics available at the industrial level it is necessary to apply a multidisciplinary approach. The route to develop and optimise multifunctional material involves in the same way textile engineering and colloid chemistry. The complexity of the production process for modern composite materials is a real challenge to textile engineering but the fundamentals of interfacial and colloid science are indispensable to characterise and control the... 

Star blocks of S and IB were obtained by multifunctional initiation by calix[8]arene or hexa-epoxidized squalene (Mn,aim = 21 kg/mol, M IMn = 1.2 and Mn,ann = 35—50kg/mol, Mw/Mn = 1.18 1.26) [110,111]. Very careful control (optimisation) of the reactions conditions is needed to avoid side reactions. Another hexafunctional initiator for cationic polymerisation is hexa-(1-chloroethylphenylethyl benzene) [112]. 

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