TY - BOOK ID - 78641137 TI - Smart materials actuators : recent advances in characterization and applications AU - Choi, Seung-Bok AU - Kim, Jaewhan PY - 2015 SN - 1634825748 9781634825740 9781634825443 1634825446 PB - New York, [New York] : Nova Publishers, DB - UniCat KW - Actuators KW - Smart materials. KW - Adaptive materials KW - Intelligent materials KW - Sense-able materials KW - Materials KW - Automatic control KW - Materials. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78641137 AB - In the last two decades, a great effort has been directed towards the development of new smart materials actuators and their corresponding application devices and systems. Currently, some smart materials actuators are commercially applied for several technologies including automotive technology, but some of the smart materials actuators are still far from meeting strict practical requirements such as reliability, cost-effectiveness and robustness against unexpected environment conditions. Therefore, it is timely and appropriate to present recent research on smart materials actuators in terms o ER -