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Author:   Kinji Asaka ,  Hidenori Okuzaki
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Japan
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Japan
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Weight:   8.727kg
ISBN:  

9784431563488

ISBN 10:   4431563482
Pages:   507
Publication Date:   27 September 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Progress and Current Status of Materials and Properties of Soft Actuators.- Current Status of Applications and Markets of Soft Actuators.- Electromagnetic Heating.-Thermo-Responsive Nanofiber Mats Fabricated by Electrospinning.- Self-Oscillating Gels.- Ionic Conductive Polymers.- Conducting Polymers.- Humidity-Sensitive Conducting Polymer Actuators.- Carbon Nanotube/Ionic Liquid Composites.- Ion Gels for Ionic Polymer Actuators.- Ionic Liquid/Polyurethane/PEDOT:PSS Composite Actuators.- Dielectric Gels.- Dielectric Elastomers.- Development of Actuators Using Slide Ring Materials and Their Various Applications.- Piezoelectric Polymers.- Spiropyran-Functionalized Hydrogel Actuators.- Photomechanical Energy Conversion with Cross-linked Liquid-Crystalline Polymers.- Photoredox Reaction.- Magnetic Fluid Composite Gels.- Magnetic Particle Composite Gels.- Molecular Mechanism of Electrically Induced Volume Change of Porous Electrodes.- Material Modeling.- Distributed Parameter System Modeling.- Modeling and Feedback Control of Electro-Active Polymer Actuators.- Motion Design - A Gel Robot Approach.- Motion Control.- Application of Nano-Carbon Actuator to Braille Display.- Underwater Soft Robots.- IPMC Actuator-Based Multifunctional Underwater Microrobots.- Medical Applications.- Micro Pump Driven by a Pair of Conducting Polymer Soft Actuators.- Elastomer Transducers.- Tissue Engineering Approach to Making Soft Actuators.- ATP-Driven Bio-Machine.- Employing Cytoskeletal Treadmilling in Bio-Actuator.

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