| Description |
1 online resource ([35], 443 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction to ionic polymers, intelligent gels and artificial muscles -- Ionic polymer-metal nano-composites (IPMNC's) artificial muscles: fundamentals -- Manufacturing techniques for ionic polymer-metal nano-composite (IMPMN's) artificial muscles -- Ionic polyacrylonitrile (PAN) chemo-electro mechanical artificial muscles/nano muscles -- PAMPS gel artificial muscles -- Modeling and simulation for ionic polymer-metal nano-composites (IPMNC's) as biomimetic distributed nano-sensors, nano-actuators, nano-transducers and artificial muscles -- Sensing, transduction, feedback control and robotic applications of artificial muscles -- Conductive polymers as artificial muscles -- Medical and industrial applications of ionic polymer-metal nano-composites |
| Summary |
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 ionic polymeric conductor nanocomposites (IPCNCs), including ionic polymeric metal nanocomposites (IPMNCs) as biomimetic distributed nanosensors, nanoactuators, nanotransducers, nanorobots, artificial muscles, and electrically controllable intelligent poly |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-420) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nanotechnology.
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Muscles.
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Artificial organs.
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Biomimetic polymers.
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Polymers -- chemistry
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Artificial Organs
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Biomimetic Materials
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Electrophysiology -- methods
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Muscles -- physiology
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Nanostructures
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Muscles
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Nanotechnology
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical.
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Artificial organs
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Biomimetic polymers
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Muscles
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Nanotechnology
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic book
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kim, Kwang J
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Mojarrad, Mehran
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| ISBN |
9781584887140 |
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1584887141 |
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9786611136796 |
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6611136797 |
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