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This book provides a comprehensive and clearly structured introduction to the broad field of transducers and artificial muscles based on electromechanically active polymers (EAP), the goal being to present basic concepts and established knowledge in an accessible form. Its tutorial style and structure make this book an easy-to-use reference guide for students, researchers and practitioners alike. Different sections cover all categories of EAP materials, with separate chapters addressing the fundamentals, materials, device configurations, models, and applications, as well as operative guidelines on how to get started in experimentation with electromechanically active polymers. The functional and structural properties of EAP transducers are described and explained, and their broad range of applications in optics, acoustics, haptics, fluidics, automotive systems, robotics, orthotics, medical tools, artificial organs and energy harvesting is illustrated. Prepared under the aegis of the ‘European Scientific Network for Artificial Muscles’, the book is the product of extensive collaborative efforts led by European researchers and involving respected experts from around the globe.

Materials science. --- Polymers. --- Amorphous substances. --- Complex fluids. --- Mechatronics. --- Biomedical engineering. --- Engineering --- Optical materials. --- Electronic materials. --- Materials Science. --- Optical and Electronic Materials. --- Polymer Sciences. --- Biomedical Engineering. --- Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics. --- Materials Engineering. --- Materials. --- Electronic materials --- Optics --- Engineering materials --- Industrial materials --- Clinical engineering --- Medical engineering --- Complex liquids --- Fluids, Complex --- Polymere --- Polymeride --- Polymers and polymerization --- Material science --- Materials --- Engineering design --- Manufacturing processes --- Bioengineering --- Biophysics --- Medicine --- Mechanical engineering --- Microelectronics --- Microelectromechanical systems --- Amorphous substances --- Liquids --- Soft condensed matter --- Macromolecules --- Physical sciences --- Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. --- Polymers  . --- Engineering—Materials. --- Soft condensed matter. --- Optical Materials. --- Soft and Granular Matter. --- Matter, Soft (Condensed matter) --- Matter, Soft condensed --- Soft matter (Condensed matter) --- Condensed matter --- Complex fluids

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This book provides a comprehensive and clearly structured introduction to the broad field of transducers and artificial muscles based on electromechanically active polymers (EAP), the goal being to present basic concepts and established knowledge in an accessible form. Its tutorial style and structure make this book an easy-to-use reference guide for students, researchers and practitioners alike. Different sections cover all categories of EAP materials, with separate chapters addressing the fundamentals, materials, device configurations, models, and applications, as well as operative guidelines on how to get started in experimentation with electromechanically active polymers. The functional and structural properties of EAP transducers are described and explained, and their broad range of applications in optics, acoustics, haptics, fluidics, automotive systems, robotics, orthotics, medical tools, artificial organs and energy harvesting is illustrated. Prepared under the aegis of the ‘European Scientific Network for Artificial Muscles’, the book is the product of extensive collaborative efforts led by European researchers and involving respected experts from around the globe.

Fluid mechanics --- Optics. Quantum optics --- Electronics and optics of solids --- Matter physics --- Macromolecules --- Chemical structure --- Chemistry of complexes --- Human biochemistry --- Materials sciences --- Electrical engineering --- Applied physical engineering --- akoestiek --- materiaalkennis --- medische biochemie --- superclaus proces --- complexen (chemie) --- biochemie --- elektriciteit --- materialen (technologie) --- elektronica --- ingenieurswetenschappen --- fysica --- transistoren --- halfgeleiders --- polymeren --- auto's --- moleculaire biologie --- microwaves --- vloeistoffen

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This book provides a comprehensive and clearly structured introduction to the broad field of transducers and artificial muscles based on electromechanically active polymers (EAP), the goal being to present basic concepts and established knowledge in an accessible form. Its tutorial style and structure make this book an easy-to-use reference guide for students, researchers and practitioners alike. Different sections cover all categories of EAP materials, with separate chapters addressing the fundamentals, materials, device configurations, models, and applications, as well as operative guidelines on how to get started in experimentation with electromechanically active polymers. The functional and structural properties of EAP transducers are described and explained, and their broad range of applications in optics, acoustics, haptics, fluidics, automotive systems, robotics, orthotics, medical tools, artificial organs and energy harvesting is illustrated. Prepared under the aegis of the ‘European Scientific Network for Artificial Muscles’, the book is the product of extensive collaborative efforts led by European researchers and involving respected experts from around the globe.

Fluid mechanics --- Optics. Quantum optics --- Matter physics --- Macromolecules --- Chemical structure --- Human biochemistry --- Materials sciences --- Electrical engineering --- Applied physical engineering --- materiaalkennis --- medische biochemie --- superclaus proces --- elektronica --- fysica --- polymeren --- microwaves --- vloeistoffen

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