Artificial Muscles: Applications of Advanced Polymeric Nanocomposites

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CRC Press, Feb 21, 2007 - Medical - 480 pages
Smart materials are the way of the future in a variety of fields, from biomedical engineering and chemistry to nanoscience, nanotechnology, and robotics. Featuring an interdisciplinary approach to smart materials and structures, Artificial Muscles: Applications of Advanced Polymeric Nanocomposites thoroughly reviews the existing knowledge of
 

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to Ionic Polymers Ionic Gels and Artificial Muscles
1
Fundamentals
23
Manufacturing Techniques
61
Chapter 4 Ionic Polyacrylonitrile Chemoelectromechanical Artificial MusclesNanomuscles
119
Chapter 5 PAMPS Gel Artificial Muscles
221
Chapter 6 Modeling and Simulation of IPMNCs as Distributed Biomimetic Nanosensors Nanoactuators Nanotransducers and Artifical Muscles
237
Chapter 7 Sensing Transduction Feedback Control and Robotic Applications of Polymeric Artifical Muscles
293
Chapter 8 Conductive or Conjugated Polymers as Artifical Muscles
323
Chapter 10 Epilogue and Conclusions
371
Anatomy and Physiology of Human Muscle
375
Muscle Mechanics
391
References
395
Author Index
421
Subject Index
423
Back cover
445
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Chapter 9 Engineering Industrial and Medical Applications of Ionic PolymerMetal Nanocomposites
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