Bioinspired Actuators and Sensors - Title page

pp iii-iii

Copyright page

pp iv-iv

Contents

pp v-viii

Preface

pp ix-xi

Acknowledgments

pp xii-xiv

1 - Introduction

pp 1-5

2 - Principles of structural organization and functions in biological species

pp 6-43

3 - Sensory and motor systems of the living world

pp 44-207

4 - Synthetic sensing materials and sensors

pp 208-254

5 - Synthetic active materials and actuators

pp 255-368

6 - Bio-inspired designs of sensors, actuators

pp 369-435

7 - Design of autonomous systems

pp 436-458

Appendices

pp 459-485

Appendix A: - Classical lamination theory under hygroscopic strains

pp 459-469

Appendix B: - Analytical modeling of displacement and blocking force of a laminate dielectric (DE) bending actuator

pp 470-473

Appendix C: - Polymer gel modeling, calculation of potentials in regions I-III in Nafion-based IPMC

pp 474-477

Appendix D: - Analytical model for SMA fiber/Al matrix composite

pp 478-482

Appendix E: - Modeling of effective magnetic properties of ferromagnetic shape memory alloy (FSMA) composite

pp 483-485

References

pp 486-511

Author Index

pp 512-518

Subject Index

pp 519-524