Electroactive Polymers: Advances in Materials and Devices -- Preface and Committees -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: EAP Materials and Analysis of Physical Mechanisms -- Characteristic Electrical Actuation of Plasticized Poly(vinyl chloride): Various Electrical Functions in Relation with the Dielectric Plasticizers -- Synthesis of Stable Polypyrrole and Polyaniline Nanospheres -- One Actuator and Several Sensors in One Device with only Two Connecting Wires: Mimicking Muscle/Brain Feedback -- Effect of Crack Formation on Stretchable Silver Electrode for Dielectric Elastomer Actuators -- Chitosan/IPMC Artificial Muscles -- Properties of a Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Modified by Dispersion of Functionalised Carbon Nanotubes -- Adhesion between Polydimethylsiloxane Layers by Crosslinking -- PEDOT Based Conducting IPN Actuators: Effects of Electrolyte on Actuation -- Parametric Control of IPMC Actuator Modeled as Fractional Order System -- Chapter 2: Device Development and Applications -- Actuation of Model Phalanges by Ion Polymer Metal Compound -- EAP-Actuators with Improved Actuation Capabilities for Construction Elements with Controllable Stiffness -- Functional Characterisations of Hybrid Nanocomposite Films Based on Polyaniline and Carbon Nanotubes -- Organic Robotics Based on Conducting Polymers -- PVDF Sensors - Research on Foot Pressure Distribution in Dynamic Conditions -- Keywords Index -- Authors Index.