Smart Materials-Based Actuators at the Micro/Nano-Scale : Characterization, Control, and Applications /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Rakotondrabe, Micky. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Smart Materials as Essential Base for Actuators in Micro/Nanopositioning
  • Characterization and Dynamics of Polymer Microactuators
  • Design of Piezoelectric Actuators with Guaranteed Performances using the Performances Inclusion Theorem and Interval Tools
  • Modeling and Robust H∞ Control of a Nonlinear and Oscillating 2-dof multimorph cantilevered piezoelectric actuator
  • A Hybrid Control Approach to nanopositioning
  • Interval modeling and robust feedback control of Piezoelectric-Based Microactuators
  • Kalman Filtering and State-Feedback Control of a Nonliear Piezoelectric Cantilevered Actuator
  • Intelligent Hysteresis Modeling and Control of Piezoelectric Ac-tuators
  • Compensation of Rate-Dependent Hysteresis in a Piezomicropositioning Actuator
  • Feedforward Control of Flexible and Nonlinear Piezoelectric Actuators
  • Micro/Nanorobotic Manufacturing Thin-film NEMS Force Sensor
  • Human Sperm Tracking, Analysis, and Manipulation.