Functional Polymers in Sensors and Actuators: Fabrication and Analysis

• Other Authors: Kaynak, Akif (Editor), Zolfagharian, Ali (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; polymer gel; colloidal crystals; optical film; pH sensor; graphene oxide; silver nanowires; ionic electroactive polymer; poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS); 4-(1,1,3,3-Tetramethylbutyl)phenyl-polyethylene glycol; IIECMS; MWCNT-CDC fibers; PPy/DBS linear films; uncertainty measurements; electrostrictive properties; actuators; structural β-phase; dielectric properties; P(VDF-HFP) nanofibers; electrospinning; thermal compression; hydrogels; 3D printing; tough; sensor; multi-parameter perturbation method; piezoelectric polymers; experimental verification; cantilever beam; force-electric coupling characteristics; 4D printing; metastructure; shape-memory polymers; wave propagation; finite element method; bandgap; polymer composites; microelectromechanical system (MEMS); electromagnetic (EM) actuator; magnetic membrane; microfluidic; biomedical; dynamic hydrogels; tannic acid; chitin nanofibers; starch; self-healing; self-recovery; functional polymers; sensors
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Summary

Recent advances in the fabrication techniques have enabled the production of different types of polymer sensors and actuators that can be utilized in a wide range of applications, such as soft robotics, biomedical, smart textiles and energy harvesting. Functional polymers possess dynamic physical and chemical properties, which make them suitable candidates for sensing and actuating tasks in response to external stimuli, such as radiation, temperature, chemical reaction, external force, magnetic and electric fields. This book focuses on the recent advancements in the modeling and analysis of functional polymer systems.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (166 p.)

ISBN

books978-3-03936-869-3
9783039368686
9783039368693

Access

Open Access