Ion Conducting Polymer Sensors / Y. SakaiChapter 1: |
Introduction / 1.1: |
Humidity Sensors / 1.2: |
Humidity Sensors Using Polymers Containing Inorganic Salts / 1.2.1: |
Humidity Sensors Using Polymer Electrolytes / 1.2.2: |
Electrolyte Homopolymers / 1.2.2.1: |
Copolymers / 1.2.2.2: |
Graft Copolymers / 1.2.2.3: |
Hydrophobic Polymers With Added Ionic Groups / 1.2.2.4: |
Crosslinked Polymer Electrolytes / 1.2.2.5: |
Gas Sensors / 1.3: |
References |
Ultrathin Films for Sensorics and Molecular Electronics / L. BrehmerChapter 2: |
Molecular Electronics and Nanosensorics / 2.1: |
Ultrathin Films and Supramolecular Architectures / 2.2: |
State of the Art / 2.2.1: |
Langmuir- and Langmuir-Blodgett Films: Formation and Structure Investigation / 2.2.2: |
Langmuir Films / 2.2.2.1: |
Formation of Langmuir-Blodgett Films / 2.2.2.2: |
Structure Investigation of LB-Films / 2.2.2.3: |
Thin Film Sensorics / 2.3: |
Advantages of Ultrathin Films for Sensorics / 2.3.1: |
Ultrathin Pyrosensors / 2.3.2: |
Definitions and Measurements / 2.3.2.1: |
Rationale for Using Thin Organic Films for Pyroelectric Devices / 2.3.2.3: |
Pyroelectric Cells and Measuring Techniques / 2.3.2.4: |
Pyroelectricity of Organic Thin Films / 2.3.2.5: |
Polymer Thin Film Pyroelectricity / 2.3.2.6: |
Pyroelectric Measurements / 2.3.2.7: |
Materials and Experimental Set-Up / 2.3.2.8: |
Sample Preparation and Experimental Procedure / 2.3.2.9: |
Pyroelectric Response and Long-Term Stability / 2.3.2.10: |
Control of Pyroelectric Response / 2.3.2.11: |
Humidity LB Polyelectrolyte Sensors / 2.3.3: |
Commercial Application of LB Film Devices / 2.3.4: |
Molecular Electronic Devices / 2.4: |
Problems and Opportunities / 2.4.1: |
Optically Switchable Thin Films / 2.4.2: |
E-Z-Switching of Azo-Compounds / 2.4.2.1: |
Molecular Rectifier / 2.4.3: |
Electroluminescence of Organic Thin Films / 2.4.4: |
Ultrathin Films as Electron beam Resists / 2.4.5: |
Outlook / 2.5: |
List of Abbreviations |
Polymers for Optical Fiber Sensors / F. Baldini ; S. BracciChapter 3: |
The Optical Fiber Sensor / 3.1: |
The Optoelectronic System / 3.2.1: |
The Optical Link / 3.2.2: |
The Optode / 3.2.3: |
Polymers in Optical Fiber Chemical Sensors / 3.3: |
Polymer Functions / 3.4: |
Polymers as Solid Supports / 3.4.1: |
Polymers as Selective Elements / 3.4.2: |
Polymers as Chemical Transducers / 3.4.3: |
Conclusions / 3.5: |
List of Symbols and Abbreviations |
Smart Ferroelectric Ceramic/Polymer Composite Sensors / D.-K. Das-GuptaChapter 4: |
Basic Concepts / 4.1: |
Piezoelectricity / 4.2.1: |
Pyroelectricity / 4.2.2: |
Ferroelectric Ceramics / 4.2.3: |
Ferroelectric Polymers / 4.2.4: |
Ferroelectric Ceramic/Polymer Composites / 4.3: |
Connectivity / 4.3.1: |
0-3 Connectivity Composites and their Fabrication / 4.3.2: |
1-3 Connectivity Composite Fabrication / 4.3.3: |
3-3 Connectivity Composite Preparation / 4.3.4: |
Preparation of Composites with Mixed Connectivity (0-3 and 1-3) / 4.3.5: |
Poling Methods of Ceramic/Polymer Composites / 4.4: |
D.C. Poling / 4.4.1: |
A.C. Poling / 4.4.2: |
Piezoelectric Properties of Ceramic/Polymer Composites / 4.5: |
Pyroelectric Properties of Ceramic/Polymer Composites with 0-3 Connectivities / 4.6: |
Models of 0-3 and Mixed Connectivity Composites / 4.7: |
Yamada Model for 0-3 Composites / 4.7.1: |
Furukaura Model for 0-3 Composites / 4.7.2: |
Parallel and Series Connected Two-Dimensional Structure / 4.7.3: |
Applications of Ceramic/Polymer Composite Sensors / 4.8: |
Composite Transducers with 1-3 Connectivity / 4.8.1: |
Composite Transducers with 0-3 and Mixed Connectivity / 4.8.2: |
Sensing Volatile Chemicals Using Conducting Polymer Arrays / R. A. Bailey ; K. C. PersaudChapter 5: |
Gas Sensor Technologies / 5.1: |
Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) Sensors / 5.1.1.1: |
Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) Sensors / 5.1.1.2: |
Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Sensors / 5.1.1.3: |
Amperometric Sensors / 5.1.1.4: |
Pellistor Sensors / 5.1.1.5: |
Metal-Substituted Phthalocyanine Sensors / 5.1.1.6: |
Organic Conducting Polymer (OCP) Gas Sensors / 5.1.1.7: |
Other Sensor Technologies / 5.1.1.8: |
Combination Gas Sensors / 5.1.1.9: |
Implementation of a Conducting Polymer Sensor Array / 5.2: |
Conducting Polymer Sensors / 5.2.1: |
Preparation of Polypyrrole / 5.2.1.1: |
Electrochemical Synthesis / 5.2.1.1.1: |
Chemical Synthesis / 5.2.1.1.2: |
Polymerisation Mechanism / 5.2.1.2: |
Factors Affecting the Polymerisation Process / 5.2.1.2.1: |
Electrochemical Conditions / 5.2.1.2.1.1: |
Counterion Effects / 5.2.1.2.1.2: |
Other Effects / 5.2.1.2.1.3: |
Structure of Polypyrrole / 5.2.2: |
Conductance Mechanism / 5.2.3: |
Classical Band Theory / 5.2.3.1: |
Conducting Polymer Mechanisms / 5.2.3.2: |
Composite Polymers / 5.2.4: |
Gas Sensing / 5.3: |
Gas Sampling System / 5.3.1: |
Data Acquisition Hardware / 5.3.2: |
Data Acquisition and Manipulation Software / 5.3.3: |
Pattern Recognition Techniques / 5.3.4: |
Linear Solvation Energy Relationships (LSER) and the Investigation of Gas Sensor Responses / 5.4: |
Conclusion / 5.5: |
Molecular Machines Useful for the Design of Chemosensors / S. Shinkai ; M. Takeuchi ; A. IkedaChapter 6: |
Chromogenic Crown Ethers / 6.1: |
Photoresponsive Crown Actuators in Action for Ion and Molecule Recognition / 6.3: |
Cyclodextrins Modified as Molecule Sensors / 6.4: |
Calixarenes Modified as Ion and Molecule Sensors / 6.5: |
New Artificial Sugar Sensing Systems in which the Boronic Acid-Diol Interaction is Combined with Photoinduced Electron-Transfer (PET) / 6.6: |
Conducting Polymer Actuators: Properties and Modeling / A. Mazzoldi ; A. Della Santa ; D. De Rossi6.7: |
Working Principles and Actuator Configurations / 7.1: |
Figures of Merit of a CP Actuator / 7.3: |
Actuators in the Literature / 7.4: |
Materials and Techniques for Fabrication / 7.5: |
Films / 7.5.1: |
Film Electrochemical Deposition / 7.5.1.1: |
Film Preparation by Casting / 7.5.1.2: |
Fibers / 7.5.2: |
All Polymer Actuators / 7.5.3: |
Dry PANi Fiber Actuator / 7.5.3.1: |
Dry PPyClO4 Film Actuator / 7.5.3.2: |
Continuum Electromechanics of CP Actuators / 7.6: |
Introduction to the Continuum Model / 7.6.1: |
The Continuum Approach / 7.6.2: |
Configuration of Study / 7.6.3: |
Mechanical Equations / 7.6.4: |
Electrochemical Equations / 7.6.5: |
Relations Between the Charges and Equations for the Redox Reactions / 7.6.5.1: |
Motion Equations of Ionic Charges / 7.6.5.2: |
Relation Between Current and Potential in the Solid Matrix / 7.6.5.3: |
Continuity Equations / 7.6.5.4: |
Resolvability / 7.6.5.5: |
Resolution and Validation of the Model in the Passive Case / 7.6.6: |
Model Resolution / 7.6.6.1: |
Experimental Determination of the Parameters Considered in the Passive Case / 7.6.6.2: |
Passive Continuum Model Testing / 7.6.6.3: |
Empirical Corrections / 7.6.6.3.1: |
Lumped Parameter Description of a PC Actuator / 7.7: |
Model / 7.7.1: |
Parameters Estimation and Validation / 7.7.2: |
Passive Condition / 7.7.2.1: |
Active Condition / 7.7.2.2: |
Electrically Induced Strain in Polymer Gels Swollenwith Non-Ionic Organic Solvents / T. Hirai ; M. Hirai7.8: |
Electrically Induced Strain in PVA-DMSO Gel / 8.1: |
Electrostrictive Motion of PVA-DMSO Gel / 8.2.1: |
Detailed Feature of the Electrically Induced Action of the PVA-DMSO Gel / 8.2.2: |
Comparison with PAAM-DMSO Gel / 8.2.3: |
Effect of Crosslinks on the Electrostrictive Strain / 8.3: |
Preparation Method of the DMSO Gel / 8.3.1: |
Effect of Solvent Content on the Performance of the Actuation / 8.3.2: |
Structural Change in PVA-DMSO Gel Induced by Electric Field / 8.4: |
Orientation of DMSO by Electric Field / 8.4.1: |
In PVA-DMSO Gel / 8.4.1.1: |
Comparison with PVC-DMSO Gel / 8.4.1.2: |
Electrically Induced Structure Change Observed by Small Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS) / 8.4.2: |
Scattering Functions / 8.4.2.1: |
Distance Distribution Functions / 8.4.2.2: |
Persistence Length and Correlation Length / 8.4.2.3: |
On the Mechanism of the Electrostrictive Action and Concluding Remarks (for Future Development) / 8.5: |
Actuating Devices of Liquid-Crystalline Polymers / R. KishiChapter 9: |
Lyotropic Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Gels / 9.1: |
Poly(?-benzyl L-glutamate) Gels Having Cholesteric Liquid-Crystalline Order / 9.2.1: |
Poly(?-benzyl L-glutamate) Gels Having Nematic Liquid-Crystalline Order / 9.2.2: |
Optical Anisotropy of Poly(?-benzyl L-glutamate) Gels Having Cholesteric Liquid-Crystalline Order / 9.2.3: |
Poly(L-glutamic acid) Hydrogels Having Liquid-Crystalline Order / 9.2.4: |
Thermotropic Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Gels / 9.3: |
Electrical Deformation of Side-Chain Type Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Gels / 9.3.1: |
Electrorheological Properties of Thermotropic Liquid-Crystalline Materials / 9.3.2: |
Gel Actuators / J. P. Gong ; Y. Osada9.4: |
Shape Memory Gel / 10.1: |
Spontaneous Motion of Polymer Gels on Water / 10.3: |
Electrical Contraction and Tactile-Sensing System / 10.4: |
Gel Actuator Based on Molecular Assembly Reactions / 10.5: |
Gel Pendulum / 10.5.1: |
Gel Looper / 10.5.2: |
Gel-Eel / 10.5.3: |
Future Prospects / 10.6: |
Electrochemomechanical Devices Based on Conducting Polymers / T. F. OteroChapter 11: |
Approach Through Electrochemical Systems / 11.1: |
Artificial Molecular Muscles in the Literature / 11.3: |
Conducting Polymers: a Short Introduction / 11.4: |
Redox Processes in Conducting Polymers and Related Properties / 11.5: |
Artificial Muscles from Conducting Polymers / 11.6: |
Bilayer Devices / 11.7: |
Electrochemopositioning Devices / 11.8: |
The Working Muscle / 11.9: |
Triple Layer Devices / 11.10: |
Movement Rate Control / 11.11: |
Actuator and Sensor / 11.12: |
Lifetime and Degradation Processes / 11.13: |
Three-Dimensional Electrochemical Processes and Biological Mimicking / 11.14: |
Hydro-Organic Batteries / 11.14.1: |
Color Mimicking / 11.14.2: |
Nerve Interfaces / 11.14.3: |
Smart Membranes / 11.14.4: |
Mechanochemoelectrical Devices / 11.14.5: |
Theoretical Approaches / 11.15: |
Similarities with Natural Muscles / 11.16: |
The Future / 11.17: |
Ion-Exchange Polymer-Metal Composites as Biomimetic Sensors and Actuators / M. ShahinpoorChapter 12: |
Biomimetic Sensing Capability of IPMC / 12.1: |
General Considerations / 12.2.1: |
Theoretical Analysis / 12.2.2: |
Experimental Procedures, Results, and Discussion / 12.2.3: |
Dynamic Sensing / 12.2.4: |
Biomimetic Actuation Properties of IPMCs / 12.2.5: |
Development of Muscle Actuators / 12.3.1: |
Muscle Actuator for Robotic Applications / 12.3.3: |
Design of Linear and Platform Type Actuators / 12.3.4: |
Large Amplitude Vibrational Response of IPMCs / 12.3.5: |
Theoretical Model / 12.4.1: |
Experimental Observations / 12.4.3: |