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This book addresses the growing interest in low temperature technologies. Since the subject of low temperature materials and mechanisms is multidisciplinary, the chapters reflect the broadest possible
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Packaging, the physical design and implementation of electronic systems is responsible for much of the progress in miniaturization, reliability and functional density achieved by the full range of ele
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According to the editors (collectively of 3M Company, JPL/Caltech, Auburn U., Pennsylvania State U., and Canada's U. of British Columbia), the research and development interest in electroresponsive po
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Contains the contents of two symposia, both held in November 2001: the first part of the volume presents Symposium EE, "Electroactive Polymers and Their Applications as Actuators, Sensors, and Artific
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