This book intends to provide a comprehensive and updated insight into both the fundamentals of each class of EAP and examples of the most significant applications of EAP actuators in the biomedical field, either already demonstrated or currently under development. For this purpose, the book comprises five sections, each devoted to the most technologically mature EAPs, namely polymer gels, ionic polymer metal composites, conjugated polymers, piezoelectric/electrostrictive polymers and dielectric elastomers. Each section is introduced by a chapter focused on the fundamentals; this chapter is aimed at providing a description of the main features of the technology and the current state of the art. These introductory chapters are followed by chapters describing specific applications. The contributors to this book are inventors and international leaders in the field.
Preface / Carpi, Federico; Smela, Elisabeth. - ELETTRONICO. - (2009), pp. xv-xvi. [10.1002/9780470744697]
Preface
CARPI, FEDERICO;
2009
Abstract
This book intends to provide a comprehensive and updated insight into both the fundamentals of each class of EAP and examples of the most significant applications of EAP actuators in the biomedical field, either already demonstrated or currently under development. For this purpose, the book comprises five sections, each devoted to the most technologically mature EAPs, namely polymer gels, ionic polymer metal composites, conjugated polymers, piezoelectric/electrostrictive polymers and dielectric elastomers. Each section is introduced by a chapter focused on the fundamentals; this chapter is aimed at providing a description of the main features of the technology and the current state of the art. These introductory chapters are followed by chapters describing specific applications. The contributors to this book are inventors and international leaders in the field.I documenti in FLORE sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.