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

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Chapter 01

State-of-the-art and perspectives of electroactive polymers

Chapter 02

Overview on electroactive polymers: Types and their applications

Chapter 03

Properties of Electroactive Polymers

Chapter 04

Intelligent electroactive polymers

Chapter 05

History and Progress of Electroactive polymers

Chapter 06

Electroactive polymers for smart windows technology

Chapter 07

Systematic investigation of the revolutionary role of electroactive polymers in modifying microelectromechanical systems

Chapter 08

Electroactive polymers for sensors

Chapter 09

Conductive electroactive polymers in electrocatalysis and sensing applications

Chapter 10

Electroactive polymers for artificial muscles

Chapter 11

Electroactive polymers for electrochromic applications

Chapter 12

Electroactive polymers for batteries

Chapter 13

Electroactive Polymeric Membranes

Chapter 14

Electroactive polymer for environmental remediation

Chapter 15

Electroactive polymers for space applications

Chapter 16

Electroactive polymers in industry sector

Chapter 17

Electroactive polymers in biomedicine

Chapter 18

Electroactive polymers for packaging technology

Chapter 19

Electroactive polymers for drug delivery

Dr. Inamuddin is working as Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. He obtained Master of Science degree in Organic Chemistry from Chaudhary Charan Singh (CCS) University, Meerut, India, in 2002. He received his Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Applied Chemistry from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India, in 2004 and 2007, respectively. He has extensive research experience in multidisciplinary fields of Analytical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Electrochemistry and, more specifically, Renewable Energy and Environment. He has worked on different research projects as project fellow and senior research fellow funded by University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India, and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India. He has received Fast Track Young Scientist Award from the Department of Science and Technology, India, to work in the area of bending actuators and artificial muscles. He has completed four major research projects sanctioned by University Grant Commission, Department of Science and Technology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, and Council of Science and Technology, India. He has published 190 research articles in international journals of repute and nineteen book chapters in knowledge-based book editions published by renowned international publishers. He has published 145 edited books with Springer (U.K.), Elsevier, Nova Science Publishers, Inc. (U.S.A.), CRC Press Taylor & Francis Asia Pacific, Trans Tech Publications Ltd. (Switzerland), IntechOpen Limited (U.K.), Wiley-Scrivener, (U.S.A.) and Materials Research Forum LLC (U.S.A). He is a member of various journals’ editorial boards. He is also serving as Associate Editor for journals (Environmental Chemistry Letter, Applied Water Science and Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, Springer-Nature), Frontiers Section Editor