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" Artificial muscles : "
Mohsen Shahinpoor, Kwang J. Kim, Mehran Mojarrad
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BL
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695386
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b517575
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Shahinpoor, Mohsen
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Artificial muscles : : applications of advanced polymeric nanocomposites /\ Mohsen Shahinpoor, Kwang J. Kim, Mehran Mojarrad
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New York :: Taylor & Francis,, c2007
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443 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm. ++ 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
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1584887133 (alk. paper)
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: 9781584887133 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-420) and indexes
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Introduction to ionic polymers, ionic gels and artificial muscles -- Ionic polymer-metal nanocomposites (IPMNC's) : fundamentals -- Ionic polymer-metal nanocomposites : manufacturing techniques -- Ionic polyacrylonitrile chemoelectromechanical artificial muscles/nanomuscles -- PAMPS gel artificial muscles -- Modeling and simulation of IPMNCs as distributed biomimetic nanosensors, nanoactuators, nanotransducers, and artificial muscles -- Sensing, transduction, feedback control, and robotic applications of polymeric artificial muscles -- Conductive or conjugated polymers as artificial muscles -- Engineering, industrial, and medical applications of polymer-metal nanocomposites -- Epilogue and conclusions -- Appendix A : Anatomy and physiology of human muscle -- Appendix B : Muscle mechanics
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Accompanying CD-ROM contains color images, movie files of electroactive polymeric artificial muscle systems in action, and a presentation of the state-of-the-art research in the field
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Artificial organs
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Biomimetic polymers
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Muscles
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Nanotechnology
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621.4
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TP248.25.N35S53 2007
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TP248.25.N35S53 2007
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Kim, Kwang J
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Mojarrad, Mehran
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