Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Systems-Recent Manufacturing Techniques and Applications

• Main Author: Kaynak, Akif (auth)
• Other Authors: Zolfagharian, Ali (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; 3D print; modeling; hindered phenol; permeability; experiments; interpenetrated polymers; acrylic rubber; soft robotic actuators; silk fibroin; shape-memory polymer; biomedical applications; 4D printing; stimuli-responsive materials; relative humidity; shape memory polymer; bioink; climatic chamber; diffraction gratings; soft actuator; FEM; hydrogen bonding; self-morphing; gelatin; stimuli-responsive polymer; soft robot; 3D printing; properties
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Summary

Stimuli-responsive polymer systems can be defined as functional materials that show physical or chemical property changes in response to external stimuli such as temperature, radiation, chemical agents, pH, mechanical stress, and electric and magnetic fields. Recent developments in manufacturing techniques have facilitated the production of a wide range of stimuli-responsive polymer systems, such as micro- and nanoscale structures, with potential applications in soft sensors and actuators, smart textiles, soft robots, and artificial muscles. This book brings together the recent progress in manufacturing techniques, with particular emphasis on 3D and 4D printing and applications of stimuli-responsive polymer systems in biomedicine and soft robotics.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (92 p.)

ISBN

books978-3-03921-484-6
9783039214846
9783039214839

Access

Open Access