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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.

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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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.

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 --- 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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Functional polymers show unique physical and chemical properties, which can manifest as dynamic responses to external stimuli such as radiation, temperature, chemical reaction, external force, and magnetic and electric fields. Recent advances in the fabrication techniques have enabled different types of polymer systems to be utilized in a wide range of potential applications in smart structures and systems, including structural health monitoring, anti‐vibration, and actuators. The progress in these integrated smart structures requires the implementation of finite element modelling using a multiphysics approach in various computational platforms. This book presents finite element methods applied in modeling of the smart structures and materials with particular emphasis on hydrogels, metamaterials, 3D-printed and anti-vibration constructs, and fibers.