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Artificial muscle actuators using electroactive polymers / edited by Pietro Vincenzini, Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Federico Carpi.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- International Conference on "Smart Materials, Structures, and Systems" (3rd : 2008 : Acireale, Italy), issuing body.
- Series:
- Advances in science and technology (Faenza, Italy) ; 61.
- Advances in science and technology, 1661-819X ; volume 61
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Smart materials--Congresses.
- Smart materials.
- Smart structures--Congresses.
- Smart structures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (215 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stafa-Zuerich, Switzerland ; UK : Trans Tech Publications Ltd, [2008]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The 27 peer-reviewed papers collected here together offer a plenitude of up-to-date information on ""Artificial Muscle Actuators using Electroactive Polymers"". The papers are conveniently arranged into the chapters: 1: Materials; 2: Analysis, physical mechanisms and characterization; 3: Devices and applications. This special volume has also been published online in the series, ""Advances in Science and Technology"" Vol. 61.
- Contents:
- Artificial Muscle Actuators using Electroactive Polymers; Committees; Preface; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1: MATERIALS; EAP Actuators for Biomimetic Technologies with Humanlike Robots as one of the Ultimate Challenges; Synthesis and Characterization of IPNs for Electrochemical Actuators; Metal Ion Implanted Compliant Electrodes in Dielectric Electroactive Polymer (EAP) Membranes; Rate Limits in Conducting Polymers; New Composites Based on Liquid Crystalline Elastomers and Electroactive Nanomaterials; Tough Hydrogel - Learn from Nature
- Enhancing the Electro-Mechanical Response of Maxwell Stress ActuatorsConducting IPN Fibers: A New Design for Linear Actuation in Open Air; Sprayed Sensor Using IPMC PAINT; Carbon Nanotube Yarns as High Load Actuators and Sensors; Electrode Reactions in Cu-Pt Coated Nafion® Actuators; A Co-Axial Dielectric Elastomer Actuator; A Closer Look at the Polyacrylamide Fibers for Natural-Like Artificial Muscle Fabrication; CHAPTER 2: ANALYSIS, PHYSICAL MECHANISMS AND CHARACTERIZATION; Finite-Strain Models of Actuation: Prestretch and Elasticity Parameters
- Monte Carlo Simulation of Electroactive Polymer ActuatorsDielectric Elastomer Actuators as Elements of Active Vibration Control Systems; Electro-Chemo-Mechanical Actuators Touching and Sensing Both, Physical and Chemical Ambient; Conducting Polymer Soft Actuators Based on Polypyrrole -Training Effect and Fatigue; Optimization of IPMC Actuator Conversion Efficiency; Tunable Membrane for Electromagnetic Devices Using Dielectric Elastomers; Synthesis and Application of Electro-Thermally Sensitive Gels; Distributed Impedance Model of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuators
- Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuator Behaviour in Two Novel ConfigurationsCHAPTER 3: DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS; Multilayer Actuator and Sensor Sheets with Smart Compliant Electrodes; Bio-Inspired Distributed Electroactive Polymer Actuators for Possible Space Applications: Concept Design; Contractile and Buckling Actuators Based on Dielectric Elastomers: Devices and Applications; Variable-Stiffness-Mode Dielectric Elastomer Devices; Keywords Index; Authors Index
- Notes:
- Volume 8 of 8 volumes from the 3rd International Conference "Smart Materials, Structures and Systems".
- "Artificial Muscle Actuators using Electroactive Polymers." Advances in science and technology, 61. Proceedings of the joint focused session A-12 "Artificial Muscle Actuators using electroactive polymers" of symposium A "Smart materials and micro/nanosystems" and symposium E "Mining smartness from nature", held in Acireale, Sicily, Italy, June 8-13 2008 as part of CIMTEC 2008 - 3rd International Conference "Smart Materials, Structures and Systems."
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 3-03813-232-2
- OCLC:
- 897070543
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