Electroactivity in Polymeric Materials

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rasmussen, Lenore (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Polymers.; Biomedical engineering.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Biomaterials.; Biomedical Engineering.; Polymer Sciences.; Optical and Electronic Materials.

Electroactivity in Polymeric Materials provides an in-depth view of the theory of electroactivity and explores exactly how and why various electroactive phenomena occur. The book explains the theory behind electroactive bending (including ion-polymer-metal-composites –IPMCs), dielectric elastomers, ...

Table of Contents:

• Electroactivity: Theoretical Considerations
• Electroactivity: Theoretical Considerations for Contraction
• Bending in Electroactivity
• IPMCs and their Impact on Electroactivity.-Introduction to Ionic Liquids
• Ionic Liquids and EAPs. .