Dielectric Elastomers as Electromechanical Transducers: Fundamentals, Materials, Devices, Models and Applications of an Emerging Electroactive Polymer

by Federico Carpi

Dielectric Elastomers as Electromechanical Transducers provides a comprehensive and updated insight into dielectric elastomers; one of the most promising classes of polymer-based smart materials and technologies. This technology can be used in a very broad range of applications, from robotics and automation to the biomedical field.

The need for improved transducer performance has resulted in considerable efforts towards the development...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0080474888
• ISBN13: 9780080474885
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.7"