Books by Keyword: Actuator

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The highly successful AMN conference series is the flagship of the New Zealand MacDiarmid Institute; a virtual centre of research excellence named after New Zealand’s 3rd Nobel Laureate, Professor Alan MacDiarmid. The conference offers a broad interdisciplinary overview of advanced materials and nanotechnology, and provides an exciting forum within which to discuss new and exciting advances in the field. The 55 peer-reviewed papers cover topics that are related to nanotechnology, advanced materials, nanoelectronics, superconductors, spintronics, nanoparticles, microfluidics, advanced sensors, photovoltaics and nanobiology. The result is an excellent and timely guide to these specialized topics.

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The objective of this special collection was to provide a forum for researchers, educators, engineers and government officials, involved in the general areas of soft magnetic materials, soft ferrites, powder cores, composite materials, thin films, metamaterials, magnetic measurements and instrumentation, to disseminate their latest research results and to exchange views on the future research directions of these fields.

Description: The emphasis of this special collection of 55 peer-reviewed papers was on NEMS/MEMS and microTAS. Particular attention was paid to applications that involve MEMS design, modelling, fabrication processes, lab-on-a-chip and biophotonic medical devices. The volume also explores new devices and processes, innovations and engineering applications; especially those related to NEMS/MEMS technologies and devices. A very useful guide to this highly specialized topic.

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This volume contains the Proceedings (64 selected refereed papers) of the 6th Japanese-Mediterranean Workshop on Applied Electromagnetic Engineering for Magnetic Superconducting and Nanomaterials (JAPMED’6), organized in Bucharest, Romania, during July 27-29th 2009. This Workshop represented a landmark in the development of materials, manufacturing and electrical engineering; providing a forum for specialists from the universities, research centers and industries of many countries to establish links, share knowledge and experience and encourage cross-fertilization of new ideas and developments in design, analysis, novel-material utilization and optimisation techniques in the areas of applied electromagnetics. Also covered was the manufacturing of advanced materials from the macro-, to the nano-scale and their industrial application in modern technologies involving nanotechnology, electricity/electronics, superconductivity, electromagnetic engineering, transportation, bioengineering, energy and the environment.

Description: The 21 peer-reviewed papers collected here together offer a plenitude of up-to-date information on “Nanoscale Materials & Inorganic Fibre Composites”. The papers are conveniently arranged into DISCLOSING MATERIALS AT NANOSCALE, ADVANCED INORGANIC FIBRE COMPOSITES FOR STRUCTURAL AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS.

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The aim of this collection was to provide an opportunity for the sharing of information and to facilitate cooperation in mechatronics and new materials research, and to disseminate new research results in this multi-disciplinary field.

Description: The 27 peer-reviewed papers collected here together offer a plenitude of up-to-date information on “Artificial Muscle Actuators using Electroactive Polymers”. The papers are conveniently arranged into the chapters: 1: Materials; 2: Analysis, physical mechanisms and characterization; 3: Devices and applications. This special volume has also been published online in the series, “Advances in Science and Technology” Vol. 61.

Description: A select collection of 29 peer-reviewed papers together offering a great deal of timely information on, “State-of-the-art Research and Application of SMAs Technologies”. The papers are conveniently arranged under the succinct headings: chapter 1: Materials; chapter 2: Phase transformation and microstructure; chapter 3: Engineering; chapter 4: Applications. This special volume has also been published online in the series, “Advances in Science and Technology” Vol. 59.

Description: A collection of 86 peer-reviewed papers offering an up-to-date overview of the topic of, “Embodying Intelligence in Structures and Integrated Systems”. The papers are grouped into chapters on: 1: Smart materials, sensors/actuators and microsystems; 2: Integration technologies; 3: Smart structures and integrated systems; 4: Structural monitoring; 5: Ongoing and perspective applications. This special volume has also been published online in the series, “Advances in Science and Technology” Vol. 56.

Description: This collection comprises 77 peer-reviewed papers which, together, offer a wealth of up-to-date information on “Smart Materials & Micro/Nanosystems”.
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They are grouped under the rubrics:  chapter 1 - Ferroelectrics, piezoelectrics, electrostrictive and magnetostrictive materials; chapter 2 - Stimuli responsive polymers and gels; chapter 3 - Shape memory polymers & magnetorheological fluids; chapter 4 - Smart multifunctional materials and composites; chapter 5 - Hybrid active materials systems; chapter 6 - Smart nanocomposites and nanomaterials; chapter 7 - Mems / nems; chapter 8 - Recent developments in electrical writable organic memory devices. This special volume has also been published online in the series, “Advances in Science and Technology” Vol. 54.