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EAP Actuators for Biomimetic Technologies with Humanlike Robots as one of the Ultimate Challenges	p. 1
Synthesis and Characterization of IPNs for Electrochemical Actuators	p. 8
Metal Ion Implanted Compliant Electrodes in Dielectric Electroactive Polymer (EAP) Membranes	p. 18
Rate Limits in Conducting Polymers	p. 26
New Composites Based on Liquid Crystalline Elastomers and Electroactive Nanomaterials	p. 34
Tough Hydrogel - Learn from Nature	p. 40
Enhancing the Electro-Mechanical Response of Maxwell Stress Actuators	p. 46
Conducting IPN Fibers: A New Design for Linear Actuation in Open Air	p. 53
Sprayed Sensor Using IPMC PAINT	p. 59
Carbon Nanotube Yarns as High Load Actuators and Sensors	p. 65
Electrode Reactions in Cu-Pt Coated Nafion® Actuators	p. 75
A Co-Axial Dielectric Elastomer Actuator	p. 81
A Closer Look at the Polyacrylamide Fibers for Natural-Like Artificial Muscle Fabrication	p. 85
Finite-Strain Models of Actuation: Prestretch and Elasticity Parameters	p. 91
Monte Carlo Simulation of Electroactive Polymer Actuators	p. 101
Dielectric Elastomer Actuators as Elements of Active Vibration Control Systems	p. 103
Electro-Chemo-Mechanical Actuators Touching and Sensing Both, Physical and Chemical Ambient	p. 112
Conducting Polymer Soft Actuators Based on Polypyrrole -Training Effect and Fatigue	p. 122
Optimization of IPMC Actuator Conversion Efficiency	p. 131
Tunable Membrane for Electromagnetic Devices Using Dielectric Elastomers	p. 141
Synthesis and Application of Electro-Thermally Sensitive Gels	p. 147
Distributed Impedance Model of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuators	p. 157
Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuator Behaviour in Two Novel Configurations	p. 163
Multilayer Actuator and Sensor Sheets with Smart Compliant Electrodes	p. 169
Bio-Inspired Distributed Electroactive Polymer Actuators for Possible Space Applications: Concept Design	p. 180
Contractile and Buckling Actuators Based on Dielectric Elastomers: Devices and Applications	p. 186
Variable-Stiffness-Mode Dielectric Elastomer Devices	p. 192