Electroactive Polymer (EAP) Actuators as Artificial Muscles: Reality, Potential, and Challenges, Second Edition (SPIE Press Monograph Vol. PM136) [Hardcover]

Yoseph Bar-Cohen (Author, Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0819452971 | ISBN-13: 978-0819452979 | Publication Date: March 18, 2004 | Edition: 2

In concept and execution, this book covers the field of EAP with careful attention to all its key aspects and full infrastructure, including the available materials, analytical models, processing techniques, and characterization methods. In this second edition the reader is brought current on promising advances in EAP that have occurred in electric EAP, electroactive polymer gels, ionomeric polymer-metal composites, carbon nanotube actuators, and more.

Contents

- Preface

- EAP History, Current Status, and Infrastructure

- Natural Muscle as a Biological System

- Metrics of Natural Muscle Function

- Electric EAP

- Electroactive Polymer Gels

- Ionomeric Polymer-Metal Composites

- Conductive Polymers

- Carbon Nanotube Actuators: Synthesis, Properties, and Performance

- Molecular Scale Electroactive Polymers

- Computational Chemistry

- Modeling and Analysis of Chemistry and Electromechanics

- Electromechanical Models for Optimal Design and Effective Behavior of Electroactive Polymers

- Modeling IPMC for Design of Actuation Mechanisms

- Processing and Fabrication Techniques

- Methods of Testing and Characterization

- Application of Dielectric Elastomer EAP Actuators

- Biologically Inspired Robots

- Applications of EAP to the Entertainment Industry

- Haptic Interfaces Using Electroheological Fluids

- Shape Control of Precision Gossamer Apertures

- EAP Applications, Potential, and Challenges

- Index

Product Details

• Hardcover: 816 pages
• Publisher: SPIE Publications; 2 edition (March 18, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0819452971
• ISBN-13: 978-0819452979
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.3 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,727,554 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Yoseph Bar-Cohen is a Senior Research Scientist and Group Supervisor (http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov/) at JPL. He co-edited and co-authored 7 books, co-authored about 350 publications, co-chaired 41 conferences, and has 22 registered patents. He challenged scientists worldwide to develop a robotic arm driven by artificial muscles to wrestle with humans and win and held contests in 2005 and 2006. He received his PhD in 1979 from the Hebrew University, Israel. His accomplishments earned him two NASA Honor Award Medals, two SPIE's Lifetime Achievement Awards, and many other honors and awards as well as Fellow of two technical societies: ASNT and SPIE.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK, but not great, January 31, 2004

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This review is from: Electroactive Polymer (EAP) Actuators as Artificial Muscles: Reality, Potential, and Challenges (SPIE PRESS Monograph Vol. PM98) (Spie Press Monograph, V. Pm98) (Hardcover)

This book is a collection EAP research material. It is very handy having it in one organized book that's always at your fingertips. The big problem for me was that the different EAP materials weren't covered uniformly. There was a huge emphasis on IPMC (most likely because that is the EAP that excites the editor the most). I was really hoping for more information on Ionic Polymer Gels (IPG) but found that they were only mentioned in passing (covering 2 pages).

You will most likely give this book a `5' if you are interested in IPMC but otherwise the local university library is the best bet for studying this exciting subject.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Final Frontier, April 19, 2002

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This review is from: Electroactive Polymer (EAP) Actuators as Artificial Muscles: Reality, Potential, and Challenges (SPIE PRESS Monograph Vol. PM98) (Spie Press Monograph, V. Pm98) (Hardcover)

A delightful book dealing with the soon to be hottest topic in biomedical engineering, electroactive polymer actuators. Virtually every known method of generating displacement is introduced, except of course for the ones I have kept secret. This book is a must for anyone interested in actuators and sensors, including electrical engineers. Applications reach far beyond medicine, and there is simply no other textbook available that covers this topic. It is thorough in every way, covering the basic sciences, fabrication techniques and applications. I wish I could work in Dr. Bar-Cohen's lab!