Chemomechanical Polymers as Sensors and Actuators for Biological and Medicinal Applications.docVIP

Sensors 2007, 7, 1578-1611 sensors ISSN 1424-8220 ? 2007 by MDPI /sensors Review Chemomechanical Polymers as Sensors and Actuators for Biological and Medicinal Applications Hans-J?rg Schneider 1,*, Kazuaki Kato 1,3 and Robert M. Strongin 2,* 1 FR Organische Chemie der Universit?t des Saarlandes, D-66041 Saarbrücken, Germany 2 Department of Chemistry, Portland State University, Portland, OR, 97201, USA 3 Department of Advanced Material Science, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8562, Japan; E-mail: kato@molle.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp * Authors to w