Hydrogel Sensors and Actuators Engineering and Technology /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gerlach, Gerald (Editor), Arndt, Karl-Friedrich (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Springer Series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensors, Methods and Applications, 6
• Subjects: Engineering.; Chemical engineering.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Materials science.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Materials Science, general.

Hydrogels are a fascinating class of polymers which show an immense ability of swelling under the influence of temperature, pH value or concentrations of different species in aqueous solutions. The volume change can amount up to several hundred percent. This unique behaviour is already used in such...