Table 1.

Correlation matrix of the selected key topics.

	[1]	[2]	[3]	[4]	[5]	[6]	[7]	[8]	[9]	[10]	[11]	[12]	[13]	[14]	[15]
Composite materials	X		X	X				X			X
SMAs				X	X	X	X		X	X
MRFs		X	X												X
Material math. modeling	X	X		X	X	X	X			X		X		X	X
Experimental platforms		X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X			X
Engineering appl.	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Medical appl.				X		X		X			X
Robotics				X					X		X		X	X	X
Actuators	X			X					X		X		X		X
Sensors	X			X				X	X			X	X
Dev. of software tools		X			X	X							X	X
Scale							Micro Nano		Nano					Micro	Medium
Elastometers				X							X		X
Control	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X