Editorial Board for section 'Actuator Materials'
- Actuators for Land Transport Section
- Aircraft Actuators Section
- Actuators for Medical Instruments Section
- Actuators for Robotics Section
- Actuators for Manufacturing Systems Section
- Actuator Materials Section
- High Torque/Power Density Actuators Section
- Precision Actuators Section
- Miniaturized and Micro Actuators Section
- Control Systems Section
Please see the section webpage for more information on this section.
Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine, 5711 Boardman Hall, Room 219A, Orono, ME 04469, USA
Interests: artificial muscles; electroactive polymer sensors and actuators; IPMCs modeling and control
Interests: artificial muscles; electroactive polymer sensors and actuators; IPMCs modeling and control
Laboratory for Nano and Micro Mechanics of Materials, Department of Mechanical Engineering Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
Interests: nano and micro mechanics of materials; mechanical behavior of smart materials; kinetic laws for martensitic and twinning transformations; ultra-fast SMA actuators; micro SMA actuators; ferromagnetic SMA (FSMA) actuators; magnetostrictive composite materials
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Interests: nano and micro mechanics of materials; mechanical behavior of smart materials; kinetic laws for martensitic and twinning transformations; ultra-fast SMA actuators; micro SMA actuators; ferromagnetic SMA (FSMA) actuators; magnetostrictive composite materials
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Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
Interests: piezoelectrics; energy harvesting; self-powered sensors
Interests: piezoelectrics; energy harvesting; self-powered sensors
School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, 2066 Seobu-ro, Suwon 16419, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Interests: nanocomposites; carbon nanomaterials; 2D materials; micro/nanomechanics; adhesion properties; smart materials and structures; flexible and stretchable devices
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Interests: nanocomposites; carbon nanomaterials; 2D materials; micro/nanomechanics; adhesion properties; smart materials and structures; flexible and stretchable devices
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Humanoid, Biorobotics and Smart Systems (HBS) Laboratory, Mechanical Engineering Department, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
Interests: soft robotics; smart materials and structure; twisted and coiled polymer (TCP) actuators; shape memory alloy (SMA ) actuators; conducting polymer (CP); piezoelectric materials and structures
Interests: soft robotics; smart materials and structure; twisted and coiled polymer (TCP) actuators; shape memory alloy (SMA ) actuators; conducting polymer (CP); piezoelectric materials and structures
Nanomaterials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-8-31 Midorigaoka, Ikeda 563-8577, Osaka, Japan
Interests: electroactive polymer actuators and sensors; soft robotics material; actuator materials
Interests: electroactive polymer actuators and sensors; soft robotics material; actuator materials
Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB30HE, UK
Interests: polymer physics; liquid crystals; nanocomposite materials; vitrimers
Interests: polymer physics; liquid crystals; nanocomposite materials; vitrimers
Institute of Microelectronics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Interests: sensors; graphene; actuator; 2D materials; nano devices
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Interests: sensors; graphene; actuator; 2D materials; nano devices
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Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Interests: fabrication of liquid crystal materials and their applications in the fields of detection, actuators, artificial muscles, and soft robot
Interests: fabrication of liquid crystal materials and their applications in the fields of detection, actuators, artificial muscles, and soft robot
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), #08-03, 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis, Singapore 138634, Singapore
Interests: smart materials with sensing, actuation, and energy transduction functions, particularly including ferroelectric, piezoelectric and dielectric materials; design, fabrication, and characterization of sensors, actuators, and transducers enabled by the functional mechanisms of these smart materials, and their applications
Interests: smart materials with sensing, actuation, and energy transduction functions, particularly including ferroelectric, piezoelectric and dielectric materials; design, fabrication, and characterization of sensors, actuators, and transducers enabled by the functional mechanisms of these smart materials, and their applications
Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
Interests: smart thin films/materials; lab-on-chip; MEMS; nanotechnology; sensors and microfluidics
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Interests: smart thin films/materials; lab-on-chip; MEMS; nanotechnology; sensors and microfluidics
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO, USA
Interests: 3D and 4D printing; mechanics of polymers and composites; smart materials and structures; soft actuators; shape-memory materials
Interests: 3D and 4D printing; mechanics of polymers and composites; smart materials and structures; soft actuators; shape-memory materials
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, High Performance Materials Institute, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
Interests: printed electronics; Composites for Electronics and Optics (CEO); Additive Thin-film Manufacturing (ATM)
Interests: printed electronics; Composites for Electronics and Optics (CEO); Additive Thin-film Manufacturing (ATM)
