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, this second edition of Artificial Muscles: Applications of Advanced Polymeric Nanocomposites has been fully updated to thoroughly review the latest 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 polymeric network structures.
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. It also describes a few apparatuses for modeling and testing various artificial muscles to show the viability of chemoactive and electroactive muscles. It presents the theories, modeling, and numerical simulations of ionic polymeric artificial muscles’ electrodynamics and chemodynamics and features current industrial and medical applications of IPMNCs.
By covering the fabrication techniques of and novel developments in advanced polymeric nanocomposites, this second edition continues to provides an accessible yet solid foundation to the subject while stimulating further research.
Key features:
Fully up to date with the latest cutting-edge discoveries in the field
Authored by a world expert in the subject area
Explores the exciting and growing topic of smart materials in medicine
Mohsen Shahinpoor is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maine and a leading expert in artificial muscles.
By:
Mohsen Shahinpoor
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 178mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367857905
ISBN 10: 0367857901
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 31 December 2021
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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
Mohsen Shahinpoor is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maine and a leading expert in artificial muscles.
