Electroactive Polymers: Advances in Materials and Devices

Review from Ringgold Inc., ProtoView: Vincenzini (World Academy of Ceramics, Italy) and Skaarup (Technical U. of Denmark) collect 14 papers from Syposium C, "Electroactive Polymers: Advances in Materials and Devices," of CIMTEC 2012, the Fourth International Conference on "Smart Materials, Structures and Systems," which took place in Montecatini Terme, Italy, in June 2012.Topics relate to electroactive polymer materials and analysis of physical mechanisms and device development and applications, such as the synthesis of stable polypyrrole and polyaniline nanospheres, adhesion between polydimethylsiloxane layers by crosstalking, the actuation of model phalanges by ion polymer metal compound, the functional characterizations of hybrid nanocomposite films based on polyaniline and carbon nanotubes, and organic robotics based on conducting polymers. Contributors work in engineering, biological sciences and chemistry, textile science and technology, coatings and polymeric materials, and other fields in Asia, the US, Europe, and Oman.