Special Issue "Polymer Actuators: From Fabrication to Application"

A special issue of Actuators (ISSN 2076-0825). This special issue belongs to the section "Actuator Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Feilong Zhang
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Guest Editor
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Interests: actuator; flexible electrode; adhesion; plant electrophysiology
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Dr. Man Yang
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Guest Editor
Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interface Science,Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences 29 Zhongguancun East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100190, China
Interests: stimuli-responsive polymers; interfacial polymerization; bioinspired actuator
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Synthetic polymer actuators have attracted increasing attention for their potential applications in artificial muscles, soft robotics, and sensors. In the past few years, researchers have been working on the design and fabrication of actuators based on their structures (bilayer, heterogeneous or patterned films) and responsiveness (heat, light, humidity, and organic solvents). However, there are still many obstacles in the way of the practical application of these actuators.

This Special Issue will report on advances in the design and utilization of polymer actuators for practical application, such as sensors, robotics, motors, and three-dimensional (3D) frameworks. The scope includes, but is not restricted to, responsive polymers, the novel design of actuators, smart sensors, the novel design of robots, as well as other complex systems with actuators as elements, which will facilitate the development of polymer actuators for special applications.

In particular, this Special Issue will welcome manuscripts that cover topics including, but not limited to, the following:

  1. The design and fabrication of responsive polymers;
  2. Polymer actuators with novel structures;
  3. The mechanisms of natural actuators;
  4. Polymer actuators for soft robotics;
  5. Polymer actuators for smart sensors;
  6. Polymer actuators for 3D frameworks;
  7. Polymer actuators for motors;
  8. Others

Dr. Feilong Zhang
Dr. Man Yang
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Actuators is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Polymer actuator
  • Smart sensor
  • Soft robotics
  • Motors
  • 3D frameworks

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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