(Ebook) Artificial Muscles; Applications of Advanced Polymeric Nanocomposites; Second Edition by Mohsen Shahinpoor ISBN 9780367857905, 9781003015239, 9781032107646, 0367857901, 1003015239, 1032107642

(Ebook) Artificial Muscles; Applications of Advanced Polymeric Nanocomposites; Second Edition by Mohsen Shahinpoor ISBN 9780367857905, 9781003015239, 9781032107646, 0367857901, 1003015239, 1032107642

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 featuresFully up to date with the latest cutting-edge discoveries in the fieldAuthored by a world expert in the subject areaExplores the exciting and growing topic of smart materials in medicineMohsen Shahinpoor is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maine and a leading expert in artificial muscles.