LEADER 05297nam 2200697 450 001 9910809271103321 005 20230120054432.0 010 $a3-03813-232-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000348171 035 $a(EBL)1869202 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000760336 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12299349 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000760336 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10810396 035 $a(PQKB)11137866 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1869202 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10828952 035 $a(OCoLC)897070543 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1869202 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3335645 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000348171 100 $a20090608h20082008 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aArtificial muscle actuators using electroactive polymers /$fedited by Pietro Vincenzini, Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Federico Carpi 210 1$aStafa-Zuerich, Switzerland ;$aUK :$cTrans Tech Publications Ltd,$d[2008] 210 4$d©2008 215 $a1 online resource (215 p.) 225 1 $aAdvances in science and technology,$x1661-819X ;$vvolume 61 300 $aVolume 8 of 8 volumes from the 3rd International Conference "Smart Materials, Structures and Systems". 300 $a"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." 311 $a3-908158-27-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aArtificial 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 327 $aEnhancing 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 327 $aMonte 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 327 $aIonic 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 330 $aThe 27 peer-reviewed papers collected here together offer a plenitude of up-to-date information on ""Artificial Muscle Actuators using Electroactive Polymers"". The papers are conveniently arranged into the chapters: 1: Materials; 2: Analysis, physical mechanisms and characterization; 3: Devices and applications. This special volume has also been published online in the series, ""Advances in Science and Technology"" Vol. 61. 410 0$aAdvances in science and technology (Faenza, Italy) ;$v61. 606 $aSmart materials$vCongresses 606 $aSmart structures$vCongresses 610 1 $aArtificial muscle actuators 610 1 $aElectroactive polymers 610 2 $aCIMTEC 615 0$aSmart materials 615 0$aSmart structures 676 $a620.11 701 $aVincenzini$b P.$f1939-$019040 701 $aBar-Cohen$b Yoseph$01645085 701 $aCarpi$b Federico$f1975-$01619516 712 12$aInternational Conference on "Smart Materials, Structures, and Systems"$d(3rd :$f2008 :$eAcireale, Italy), 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809271103321 996 $aArtificial muscle actuators using electroactive polymers$93991337 997 $aUNINA