Intelligent Macromolecules for Smart Devices

Demand for this book will be generated by the large number of companies and academic institutions interested in research in nanomaterials and devices. Both academics and industrial engineers needing to know the background and latest research in the area of smart materials will want to read this book.

Shows the reader the links between nanodevices and the properties of the molecules of which they are composed more clearly than previous publications The diversity of macromolecules and devices covered will give the reader the best available all-round knowledge of this rapidly expanding field on which to base his own research Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
The Concepts of Intelligent Macromolecules and Smart Devices.- The Concepts of Intelligent Macromolecules and Smart Devices.- Intelligent Macromolecules.- Conducting Polymers.- Stimuli-responsive Polymers.- Dendrimers and Fullerenes.- Carbon Nanotubes.- From Intelligent Macromolecules to Smart Devices.- Oriented and Patterned Macromolecules.- Macromolecular Nanostructures.- Smart Devices.- Electronic Devices.- Photonic Devices.- Sensors and Sensor Arrays.- Actuators and Nanomechanical Devices.