Electroactive Polymeric Materials

Electroactive polymers are smart materials that can undergo size or shape structural deformations in the presence of an electrical field. These lightweight polymeric materials possess properties such as flexibility cost-effectiveness rapid response time easy controllability (especially physical to electrical) and low power consumption. Electroactive Polymeric Materials examines the history progress synthesis and characterization of electroactive polymers and then details their application and potential in fields including biomedical science environmental remediation renewable energy robotics sensors and textiles. Highlighting the flexibility lightweight cost-effective rapid response time easy controllability and low power consumption characteristics of electroactive polymers respected authors in the field explore their use in sensors actuators MEMS biomedical apparatus energy storage packaging textiles and corrosion protection to provide readers with a powerhouse of a reference to use for their own endeavors. 　Features: Explores the most recent advances in all categories of ionic/electroactive polymer composite materials Includes basic science addresses novel topics and covers multifunctional applications in one resource Suitable for newcomers academicians scientists and R&D industrial experts working in polymer technologies .