Mohsen Shahinpoor is the Chief Scientist and Director of Biomedical Poducts at Environmental Robots Inc. and a Regents Professor at the Univesity of New Mexico. His work in the field of Robotic Systems and Smart/Intelligent Materials covers over some 22 years, and includes numerous publications and patents. Prof. Dr. Hans-Joerg Schneider is Professor em. of organic chemistry at the Universitaet des Saarlandes, Germany. He has played a pivotal role in transferring the principals of molecular recognition into supramolecular polymers and has published a multitude of books and papers in the field, with several patents pending for intelligent chemomechanical materials.

• Foreword: Preface;Introduction;1-Chemically Driven Artificial Molecular Machines;2-Photochemically Controlled Molecular Devices and Machines;3-Tansition Metal Complex-Based Molecular Machines;4-Chemomechanical Polymers;5-Ionic Polymer Metal Nano-Composites as Intelligent Materials and Artificial Muscles;6-Artificial Muscles, Sensing and Multifunctionality from the Electrochemical Properties of Conductive Polymers;7-Electrochemically-Controllable Polyacrylonitrile Artificial Muscle as an Intelligent Material;8-Unimolecular Electronic Devices;9-Piezoelectric Ceramics as Intelligent Multi-Functional Materials;10-Ferroelectric Relaxor Polymers As Intelligent Soft Actuators and Artificial Muscles;11-Magnetic Polymeric Gels As Intelligent Artificial Muscles;12-Intelligent Materials: Shape-Memory Polymers;13-Shape Memory Alloys as Multi-Functional Materials;14-Magnetorheological Materials And Their Applications: A Review;15-Metal Hydrides as Intelligent Materials and Artificial Muscles;16-Dielectric Elastomer Actuators as Intelligent Materials for Actuation, Sensing and Generation;17-Azobenzene Polymers as Photo-Mechanical and Multifunctional Smart Materials;18-Intelligent Chitosan-based Hydrogels as Multifunctional Materials;19-Polymer-Protein Complexation and its Application as ATP-Driven Gel Machine;20-Intelligent Composite Materials Having Capabilities of Sensing, Health Monitoring, Actuation, Self-Repair and Multifunctionality";21-Overview of Liquid Crystal Elastomers, Magnetic Shape Memory Materials, Fullerenes, Carbon Nanotubes, Non-Ionic Smart Polymers and Electrorheological Fluids as Intelligent and Multi-Functional Materials;22-Biogenic and Bioinspired Intelligent Materials -from DNA-based Devices to Biochips and Drug Delivery Systems;Chemically Driven Artificial Molecular Machines;Photochemically Controlled Molecular Devices and Machines;Chemomechanical Polymers;Ionic Polymer Metal;Nano-Composites as Intelligent Materials and Artificial Muscles;Piezoelectric Ceramics as Intelligent Multi-Functional Materials;Ferroelectric Relaxor Polymers As Intelligent Soft Actuators and Artificial Muscles;Intelligent Materials: Shape-Memory Polymers Magnetorheological Materials And Their Applications: A Review: 15-Metal Hydrides as Intelligent Materials and Artificial Muscles;Polymer-Protein Complexation and its Application as ATP-Driven Gel Machine;Biogenic and Bioinspired Intelligent Materials

Mohsen Shahinpoor is the Chief Scientist and Director of Biomedical Poducts at Environmental Robots Inc. and a Regents Professor at the Univesity of New Mexico. His work in the field of Robotic Systems and Smart/Intelligent Materials covers over some 22 years, and includes numerous publications and patents. Prof. Dr. Hans-Joerg Schneider is Professor em. of organic chemistry at the Universitaet des Saarlandes, Germany. He has played a pivotal role in transferring the principals of molecular recognition into supramolecular polymers and has published a multitude of books and papers in the field, with several patents pending for intelligent chemomechanical materials.

• Foreword: Preface;Introduction;1-Chemically Driven Artificial Molecular Machines;2-Photochemically Controlled Molecular Devices and Machines;3-Tansition Metal Complex-Based Molecular Machines;4-Chemomechanical Polymers;5-Ionic Polymer Metal Nano-Composites as Intelligent Materials and Artificial Muscles;6-Artificial Muscles, Sensing and Multifunctionality from the Electrochemical Properties of Conductive Polymers;7-Electrochemically-Controllable Polyacrylonitrile Artificial Muscle as an Intelligent Material;8-Unimolecular Electronic Devices;9-Piezoelectric Ceramics as Intelligent Multi-Functional Materials;10-Ferroelectric Relaxor Polymers As Intelligent Soft Actuators and Artificial Muscles;11-Magnetic Polymeric Gels As Intelligent Artificial Muscles;12-Intelligent Materials: Shape-Memory Polymers;13-Shape Memory Alloys as Multi-Functional Materials;14-Magnetorheological Materials And Their Applications: A Review;15-Metal Hydrides as Intelligent Materials and Artificial Muscles;16-Dielectric Elastomer Actuators as Intelligent Materials for Actuation, Sensing and Generation;17-Azobenzene Polymers as Photo-Mechanical and Multifunctional Smart Materials;18-Intelligent Chitosan-based Hydrogels as Multifunctional Materials;19-Polymer-Protein Complexation and its Application as ATP-Driven Gel Machine;20-Intelligent Composite Materials Having Capabilities of Sensing, Health Monitoring, Actuation, Self-Repair and Multifunctionality";21-Overview of Liquid Crystal Elastomers, Magnetic Shape Memory Materials, Fullerenes, Carbon Nanotubes, Non-Ionic Smart Polymers and Electrorheological Fluids as Intelligent and Multi-Functional Materials;22-Biogenic and Bioinspired Intelligent Materials -from DNA-based Devices to Biochips and Drug Delivery Systems;Chemically Driven Artificial Molecular Machines;Photochemically Controlled Molecular Devices and Machines;Chemomechanical Polymers;Ionic Polymer Metal;Nano-Composites as Intelligent Materials and Artificial Muscles;Piezoelectric Ceramics as Intelligent Multi-Functional Materials;Ferroelectric Relaxor Polymers As Intelligent Soft Actuators and Artificial Muscles;Intelligent Materials: Shape-Memory Polymers Magnetorheological Materials And Their Applications: A Review: 15-Metal Hydrides as Intelligent Materials and Artificial Muscles;Polymer-Protein Complexation and its Application as ATP-Driven Gel Machine;Biogenic and Bioinspired Intelligent Materials

Mohsen Shahinpoor is the Chief Scientist and Director of Biomedical Poducts at Environmental Robots Inc. and a Regents Professor at the Univesity of New Mexico. His work in the field of Robotic Systems and Smart/Intelligent Materials covers over some 22 years, and includes numerous publications and patents. Prof. Dr. Hans-Joerg Schneider is Professor em. of organic chemistry at the Universitaet des Saarlandes, Germany. He has played a pivotal role in transferring the principals of molecular recognition into supramolecular polymers and has published a multitude of books and papers in the field, with several patents pending for intelligent chemomechanical materials.

• Foreword: Preface;Introduction;1-Chemically Driven Artificial Molecular Machines;2-Photochemically Controlled Molecular Devices and Machines;3-Tansition Metal Complex-Based Molecular Machines;4-Chemomechanical Polymers;5-Ionic Polymer Metal Nano-Composites as Intelligent Materials and Artificial Muscles;6-Artificial Muscles, Sensing and Multifunctionality from the Electrochemical Properties of Conductive Polymers;7-Electrochemically-Controllable Polyacrylonitrile Artificial Muscle as an Intelligent Material;8-Unimolecular Electronic Devices;9-Piezoelectric Ceramics as Intelligent Multi-Functional Materials;10-Ferroelectric Relaxor Polymers As Intelligent Soft Actuators and Artificial Muscles;11-Magnetic Polymeric Gels As Intelligent Artificial Muscles;12-Intelligent Materials: Shape-Memory Polymers;13-Shape Memory Alloys as Multi-Functional Materials;14-Magnetorheological Materials And Their Applications: A Review;15-Metal Hydrides as Intelligent Materials and Artificial Muscles;16-Dielectric Elastomer Actuators as Intelligent Materials for Actuation, Sensing and Generation;17-Azobenzene Polymers as Photo-Mechanical and Multifunctional Smart Materials;18-Intelligent Chitosan-based Hydrogels as Multifunctional Materials;19-Polymer-Protein Complexation and its Application as ATP-Driven Gel Machine;20-Intelligent Composite Materials Having Capabilities of Sensing, Health Monitoring, Actuation, Self-Repair and Multifunctionality";21-Overview of Liquid Crystal Elastomers, Magnetic Shape Memory Materials, Fullerenes, Carbon Nanotubes, Non-Ionic Smart Polymers and Electrorheological Fluids as Intelligent and Multi-Functional Materials;22-Biogenic and Bioinspired Intelligent Materials -from DNA-based Devices to Biochips and Drug Delivery Systems;Chemically Driven Artificial Molecular Machines;Photochemically Controlled Molecular Devices and Machines;Chemomechanical Polymers;Ionic Polymer Metal;Nano-Composites as Intelligent Materials and Artificial Muscles;Piezoelectric Ceramics as Intelligent Multi-Functional Materials;Ferroelectric Relaxor Polymers As Intelligent Soft Actuators and Artificial Muscles;Intelligent Materials: Shape-Memory Polymers Magnetorheological Materials And Their Applications: A Review: 15-Metal Hydrides as Intelligent Materials and Artificial Muscles;Polymer-Protein Complexation and its Application as ATP-Driven Gel Machine;Biogenic and Bioinspired Intelligent Materials