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

<p>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.</p>