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Artificial muscles : applications of advanced polymeric nanocomposites / Mohsen Shahinpoor, Kwang J. Kim, Mehran Mojarrad.
Van Pelt Library TP248.25.N35 S53 2007 1 v. + CD-ROM
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LIBRA TP248.25.N35 S53 2007 1 v. + CD-ROM
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shahinpoor, Mohsen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nanotechnology.
- Muscles.
- Artificial organs.
- Biomimetic polymers.
- Polymers--chemistry.
- Artificial Organs.
- Biomimetic Materials.
- Electrophysiology--methods.
- Muscles--physiology.
- Nanostructures.
- Medical Subjects:
- Polymers--chemistry.
- Artificial Organs.
- Biomimetic Materials.
- Electrophysiology--methods.
- Muscles--physiology.
- Nanostructures.
- Physical Description:
- 443 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm + 1 CD-ROM (color ; 4 3/4 in.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Taylor & Francis, [2007]
- Summary:
- Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "color images, movie files of electroactive polymeric artificial muscle systems in action, and a presentation on the state-of-the-art research in the field."--P. [4] of cover.
- Contents:
- Introduction to ionic polymers, ionic gels and artificial muscles
- Ionic polymer-metal nanocomposites (IPMNC's) : fundamentals
- Ionic polymer-metal nanocomposites : manufacturing techniques
- Ionic polyacrylonitrile chemoelectromechanical artificial muscles/nanomuscles
- PAMPS gel artificial muscles
- Modeling and simulation of IPMNCs as distributed biomimetic nanosensors, nanoactuators, nanotransducers, and artificial muscles
- Sensing, transduction, feedback control, and robotic applications of polymeric artificial muscles
- Conductive or conjugated polymers as artificial muscles
- Engineering, industrial, and medical applications of polymer-metal nanocomposites
- Epilogue and conclusions
- Appendix A : Anatomy and physiology of human muscle
- Appendix B : Muscle mechanics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-420) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1584887133
- 9781584887133
- OCLC:
- 70929276
- Online:
- Publisher description
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