Smart Materials-Based Actuators at the Micro/Nano-Scale

1. Introduction: Smart Materials as Essential Base for Actuators in Micro/Nanopositioning
Micky Rakotondrabe, Mohammad Al Janaideh, Alex Bienaimé, Qingsong Xu

2. Characterization and Dynamics of Polymer Microactuators
Beatriz Cristina López-Walle, Edgar Reyes-Melo

3. Design of Piezoelectric Actuators with Guaranteed Performances Using the Performances Inclusion Theorem
Micky Rakotondrabe, Sofiane Khadraoui

4. Modeling and Robust H

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Control of a Nonlinear and Oscillating 2-dof Multimorph Cantilevered Piezoelectric Actuator
Micky Rakotondrabe

5. A Hybrid Control Approach to Nanopositioning
Tomas Tuma, Abu Sebastian, John Lygeros, Angeliki Pantazi

6. Interval Modeling and Robust Feedback Control of Piezoelectric-Based Microactuators
Sofiane Khadraoui, Micky Rakotondrabe, Philippe Lutz

7. Kalman Filtering and State-Feedback Control of a Nonlinear Piezoelectric Cantilevered Actuator
Micky Rakotondrabe, Juan-Antonio Escareno, Didace Habineza, Sergio Lescano

8. Intelligent Hysteresis Modeling and Control of Piezoelectric Actuators
Qingsong Xu

9. Compensation of Rate-Dependent Hysteresis in a Piezomicropositioning Actuator
Mohammad Al Janaideh

10. Feedforward Control of Flexible and Nonlinear Piezoelectric Actuators
Micky Rakotondrabe

11. Micro/Nanorobotic Manufacturing of Thin-Film NEMS Force Sensor
Gilgueng Hwang, Hideki Hashimoto

12. Human Sperm Tracking, Analysis, and Manipulation
Jun Liu, Clement Leung, Zhe Lu, Yu Sun

Keywords: Engineering, Control, Nanotechnology and Microengineering, Nanotechnology