TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vincenzini,P.
AU  - Bar-Cohen,Yoseph
AU  - Carpi,Federico
ED  - International Conference on "Smart Materials, Structures, and Systems"
TI  - Artificial muscle actuators using electroactive polymers
T2  - Advances in science and technology,
SN  - 9783038132325
AV  - TA418.9.S62 A78 2008eb
U1  - 620.11 22
PY  - 2008///]
CY  - Stafa-Zuerich, Switzerland, UK
PB  - Trans Tech Publications Ltd
KW  - Smart materials
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Smart structures
KW  - Artificial organs
KW  - Biomimetic Materials
KW  - Polymers
KW  - therapeutic use
KW  - Artificial Organs
KW  - Electrophysiology
KW  - methods
KW  - Muscles
KW  - physiology
KW  - Nanostructures
KW  - Matériaux intelligents
KW  - Congrès
KW  - Structures intelligentes
KW  - Organes artificiels
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N1  - 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; 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
N2  - 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
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