Other Smart Opportunities

In paintings, the heahng effect can be the result of the formation of a calcium carbonate (CaCOj) heahng film via the chemical reaction of released calcium hydroxide (CaOH) with carbon dioxide (COj) in the air when the coating is damaged. 

Interesting smart coatings are based on microcapsules containing a marker dye that can be released when the coating is damaged by cutting, by abrasions, and by 

Other possibilities include smart coatings that would provide radar invisibility by using microcapsules that have radar-absorbing capabilities, or the proper camouflage in varying optical settings. 

Finally, for a technology such as microencapsulation that has been recognized for more than 50 years, controlled release is not even close to becoming passe, as over the years a wide variety of alternative slow-release systems have been developed. 

Wissler and D.P. Colvin, A model for encapsulated Phase Change Material in a Conductive Media (available on the internet). 

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Many structure variations of PHA have also been synthesized. Due to the small number of these uneonventional PHA, Uttle physieal eharacterization and application research has been carried out so far. By reviewing the PHA research carried out to date, it is clear that many works have been directed towards the design, biosynthesis, and properties of biodegradable and biocompatible materials, these materials ean be explored for bioengineering new optical and other smart chiral materials. Additionally, the funetional groups of these unconventional PHA provide a lot of opportunities for further chemical modifications. 

Beyond the usual mechanical and electrical performances, this review also points out the emergence of other original properties, like the remarkable capability of some nanotube/PVA composites to absorb mechanical energy and shape memory phenomena that differ from traditional behaviors of other polymers. These features are opening new investigation fields, in which several fundamental questions will have to be solved. But they also offer new opportunities for a variety of applications like smart or protective clothing, helmets, bullet proof vests, or active composites. 

When I was an undergraduate student at the State University of New York at Buffalo, I was thrilled to be studying neurobiology with a research group directed by Sir John Eccles (Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1963). I sought him out and read his books extensively. In each and every one of your experiences, take the opportunity to learn about people, decision making, and behavior. Seek out the leaders, movers, and shakers. To learn from your own mistakes is smart, and to learn from those of others is even smarter. I paid attention to what worked and what did not for others. I tried on different personality aspects of people I admired to see what fit me. Each aspect was an experiment to learn more about myself, and... 

Consider another way of explaining the process by which you, the advocate of change, focus first on movers and then, if successful, on the movables. Communicate the issue, the problem, or the opportunity and explain how the change you are advocating will resolve the issue, solve the problem, or seize the opportunity. We are tempted in situations like this, because of efficiency considerations, to go exclusively or mostly with mass communication such as e-mails, newsletters, memoranda, posters, banners, coffee mugs, key chains, and wallet-size cards. Don t go with mass communication—other than as a supplemental measure. Mass communication is not an efficient use of your time and energy. Instead, go one-on-one and one-on-small groups and focus on that ten percent-the movers (Smart 2007). 

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