Electroactive Polymer (Eap) Actuators as Artificial Muscles

Contents

- Preface

- EAP History, Current Status, and Infrastructure

- Natural Muscle as a Biological System

- Metrics of Natural Muscle Function

- Electric EAP

- Electroactive Polymer Gels

- Ionomeric Polymer-Metal Composites

- Conductive Polymers

- Carbon Nanotube Actuators: Synthesis, Properties, and Performance

- Molecular Scale Electroactive Polymers

- Computational Chemistry

- Modeling and Analysis of Chemistry and Electromechanics

- Electromechanical Models for Optimal Design and Effective Behavior of Electroactive Polymers

- Modeling IPMC for Design of Actuation Mechanisms

- Processing and Fabrication Techniques

- Methods of Testing and Characterization

- Application of Dielectric Elastomer EAP Actuators

- Biologically Inspired Robots

- Applications of EAP to the Entertainment Industry

- Haptic Interfaces Using Electroheological Fluids

- Shape Control of Precision Gossamer Apertures

- EAP Applications, Potential, and Challenges

- Index