Mohsen Shahinpoor - Artificial Muscles: Applications of Advanced Polymeric Nanocomposites

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Shahinpoor, Mohsen, author.

Title: Artificial muscles : applications of advanced polymeric nanocomposites / Mohsen Shahinpoor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, University of Maine, Maine, USA.

Description: Second edition. | Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021021421 | ISBN 9780367857905 (hbk) | ISBN 9781032107646 (pbk) | ISBN 9781003015239 (ebk)

Subjects: LCSH: Nanotechnology. | Muscles. | Artificial organs. | Biomimetic polymers. | MESH: Polymers--chemistry. | Artificial Organs. | Biomimetic Materials. | Electrophysiology--methods. | Muscles--physiology. | Nanostructures.

Classification: LCC TP248.25.N35 S53 2022 | DDC 660.6--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021021421

ISBN: 978-0-367-85790-5 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-032-10764-6 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-1-003-01523-9 (ebk)

DOI: 10.1201/9781003015239

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