Polymer Sensors and Actuators

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIX

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2. Ion Conducting Polymer Sensors

   • Yoshiro Sakai

   Pages 1-13

3. Ultrathin Films for Sensorics and Molecular Electronics

   • Ludwig Brehmer

   Pages 15-90

4. Polymers for Optical Fiber Sensors

   • F. Baldini, S. Bracci

   Pages 91-107

5. Smart Ferroelectric Ceramic/Polymer Composite Sensors

   • Dilip K. Das-Gupta

   Pages 109-147

6. Sensing Volatile Chemicals Using Conducting Polymer Arrays

   • Richard A. Bailey, Krishna C. Persaud

   Pages 149-181

7. Molecular Machines Useful for the Design of Chemosensor

   • Seiji Shinkai, Masayuki Takeuchi, Atsushi Ikeda

   Pages 183-206

8. Conducting Polymer Actuators: Properties and Modeling

   • A. Mazzoldi, A. Della Santa, D. De Rossi

   Pages 207-244

9. Electrically Induced Strain in Polymer Gels Swollen with Non-Ionic Organic Solvents

   • Toshihiro Hirai, Mitsuhiro Hirai

   Pages 245-258

10. Actuating Devices of Liquid-Crystalline Polymers

    • Ryoichi Kishi

    Pages 259-272

11. Gel Actuators

    • J. P. Gong, Y. Osada

    Pages 273-294

12. Electrochemomechanical Devices Based on Conducting Polymers

    • Toribio Fernández Otero

    Pages 295-323

13. Ion-Exchange Polymer-Metal Composites as Biomimetic Sensors and Actuators

    • Mohsen Shahinpoor

    Pages 325-359

14. Motor Protein Mechanism Coupled with Hydrophobic Hydration/Dehydration Cycle

    • Makoto Suzuki, Takao Kodama

    Pages 361-369

15. Actuating Systems in Biology

    • Julian F. V. Vincent

    Pages 371-383

16. Magnetic Field Sensitive Polymeric Actuators

    • M. Zrínyi, D. Szabó, L. Barsi

    Pages 385-408

17. Back Matter

    Pages 409-420

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Sensors and Actuators using polymeric systems is one of the most promising fields of "Intelligent Polymers", which is becoming more and more important associating with artificial sensing and actuating systems in living organisms. Some practical applications have now started to test in industry. The book covers optical, gas, taste, and other sensing systems using various kinds of polymers. Soft and wet actuating systems using polymer gels and networks are another field which caused excitation in the last year. The contributors are all pioneers in the field, and were selected from world-wide level. They provide the necessary background information and science to develop a basic understanding of the field, its supporting technologies and current applications. Besides, the overviews will provide a sense of how these supporting technologies can be combined to meet the requirements of advanced systems. Finally, the readers will learn about potential future developments.

• Biomedizinische Technik
• Polymere
• Polymers
• Sensoren
• biomedical engineering
• crystal
• liquid
• material science
• modeling
• polymer
• sensors

• Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, 060 Sapporo, Japan

  Yoshihito Osada

• Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca “E. Piaggio”, Facolta di Ingegneria, Universita degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa, Italia

  Danilo E. Rossi

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