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Authored by one of the founding fathers of the field, the book introduces fabrication and manufacturing methods of several electrically and chemically active ionic polymeric sensors, actuators, and artificial muscles, as well as a new class of electrically active polymeric nanocomposites and artificial muscles.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to Ionic Polymers, Ionic Gels and Stimuli-Responsive Materials and Artificial Muscles
Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites (IPMCs) and Nanocomposites (IPMNCs)
Chapter 3 Ionic Polymer-Metal Nanocomposites: (IPMCs and IPMNCs) Manufacturing Techniques
Chapter 4 Ionic Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) Fibrous Artificial Muscles/Nanomuscles
Chapter 5 PAMPS Ionic Polymeric Artificial Muscles
Chapter 6 Modeling and Simulation of IPMCs as Distributed Soft Biomimetic Nanosensors, Nanoactuators, Nanotransducers and Artificial Muscles
Chapter 7 Sensing, Transduction, Feedback Control and Robotic Applications of Polymeric Artificial Muscles
Chapter 8 Conductive or Ion-Conjugated Polymers as Artificial Muscles
Chapter 9 Engineering, Industrial and Medical Applications of Ionic Polymer-Metal Nanocomposites
Chapter 10 Epilogue and Conclusions
About the author
Mohsen Shahinpoor is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maine and a leading expert in artificial muscles.
Summary
Authored by one of the founding fathers of the field, the book introduces fabrication and manufacturing methods of several electrically and chemically active ionic polymeric sensors, actuators, and artificial muscles, as well as a new class of electrically active polymeric nanocomposites and artificial muscles.
