Publications

Electroactive polymers

• Punning, Andres; Anton, Mart; Kruusmaa, Maarja; Aabloo, Alvo (2006). Empirical model of a bending IPMC actuator. Smart Structures and Materials 2006: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD); San Diego, California, USA; 27.02.-02.03.2006. Bellingham: SPIE, 2006, (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering), 61681V.
• Anton, M.; Punning, A.; Aabloo, A.; Kruusmaa, M. (2006). Validating Usability of Ionomeric Polymer-Metal Composite Actuators for Real Life Applications. IROS 2006, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems; Beijing, China; 9-15 October, 2006. IEEE, 2006.
• Punning, A.; Kruusmaa, M.; Aabloo, A. (2006). Surface resistance experiments with IPMC sensors and actuators. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 133(1), 200 - 209.
• Punning, Andres ; Anton, Mart ; Kruusmaa, Maarja ; Aabloo, Alvo (2005). An Engineering Approach to Reduced Power Consumption of IPMC (Ion-Polymer Metal Composite) Actuators. In: Proceedings: 12th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR2005); Seattle, USA; 18.-20.07.2005. New York: IEEE, 2005, 856 - 863.
• Anton, M.; Punning, A.; Aabloo, A.; Listak, M.; Kruusmaa, M. (2004). Towards a biomimetic EAP robot. Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS 2004); Clochester, UK; 06.-08.19.2004. Clochester, UK: University of Essex, 2004, (Technical Report Series), 1 - 7.
• Punning, A.; Anton, M.; Kruusmaa, M.; Aabloo, A. (2004). A Biologically Inspired Ray-like Underwater Robot with Electroactive Polymer Pectoral Fins. IEEE Confrence "Mechatronics and Robotics 2004" (MechRob04); Aachen, Germany; 13.-15.09.2004. Aachen: Eysoldt, 2004, (2), 241 - 245.

Modelling of polymeric materials

• Soolo, Endel; Karo, Jaanus; Kasemagi, Heiki; Kruusmaa, Maarja; Aabloo, Alvo (2006). Application of the Monte Carlo method for creation of initial models of EAP molecules for molecular dynamics simulation. Smart Structures and Materials 2006: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD); San Diego, California, USA; 27.02.-02.03.2006. Bellingham: SPIE, 2006, (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering), 61682A.
• Brandell, Daniel; Ainla, Alar; Liivat, Anti; Aabloo, Alvo (2006). Molecular dynamics simulations of Li- and Na-nafion membranes. Smart Structures and Materials 2006: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD); San Diego, California, USA; 27.02.-02.03.2006. Bellingham: SPIE, 2006, (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering), 61680G.
• Liivat, A.; Aabloo, A.; Thomas, JO. (2005). Development of a force field for Li2SiF6. Journal of Computational Chemistry, 26(7), 716 - 724.
• Brandell, D.; Liivat, A.; Kasemagi, H.; Aabloo, A.; Thomas, JO. (2005). Molecular dynamics simulation of the LiPF6 center dot PEO6 structure. Journal of Materials Chemistry, '15, 1422 - 1428.
• Karo, J.; Aabloo, A.; Thomas, J. (2005). A molecular dynamics study of the effect of side-chains on mobility in a polymer host. Solid State Ionics, 176, 3041 - 3044.
• Brandell, D.; Liivat, A.; Aabloo, A.; Thomas, JO. (2005). Molecular dynamics simulation of the crystalline short-chain polymer system LiPF6 center dot PEO6 (M-w similar to 1000). Journal of Materials Chemistry, 15, 4338 - 4345.
• Brandell, D.; Liivat, A.; Aabloo, A.; Thomas, JO. (2005). Conduction mechanisms in crystalline LiPF6.PEO6 doped with SiF62- and SF6. Chemistry of Materials, 17, 3673
• Thomas, Josh; Kasemagi, Heiki; Aabloo, Alvo (2005). Combining MD and FEA in 3-D micro- And nanoscale battery design. In: Meeting Abstracts: 208th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society; Los Angeles, CA, USA; 16.-21.10.2005. Electrochemical Soc Inc, 2005, 2310.
• Kasemagi, H.; Aabloo, A.; Klintenberg, MK.; Thomas, JO. (2004). Molecular dynamics simulation of the effect of nanoparticle fillers on ion motion in a polymer host. Solid State Ionics, 168(3-4), 249 - 254.
• Kasemagi, H.; Klintenberg, M.; Aabloo, A.; Thomas, JO. (2003). Molecular dynamics simulation of temperature and concentration dependence of the 'filler' effect for the LiCl/PEO/Al2O3-nanoparticle system. Electrochimica Acta, 48(14-16), 2273 - 2278.
• Hektor, A.; Klintenberg, MK.; Aabloo, A.; Thomas, JO. (2003). Molecular dynamics simulation of the effect of a side chain on the dynamics of the amorphous LiPF6-PEO system. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 13(2), 214 - 218.
• Brandell, D.; Klintenberg, M.; Aabloo, A.; Thomas, JO. (2002). Optical absorption spectra from rare-earth ions in polymers: The effect of the polymer host. Macromolecular Symposia, 186, 51 - 56.
• Kasemagi, H.; Klintenberg, M.; Aabloo, A.; Thomas, JO. (2002). Molecular dynamics simulation of the LiBF4-PEO system containing Al2O3 nanoparticles. Solid State Ionics, 147(3-4), 367 - 375.
• Brandell, D.; Klintenberg, M.; Aabloo, A.; Thomas, JO. (2002). The effect of polymer host on optical absorption spectra for Er(CF3SO3)(3) in poly(ethylene oxide). Journal of Materials Chemistry, 12(3), 565 - 569.
• Aabloo, A.; Thomas, J. (2001). Molecular dynamics simulation of lithium ion mobility in a PEO surface. Solid State Ionics, 143(1), 83 - 87.
• Kasemagi, H.; Klintenberg, M.; Aabloo, A.; Thomas, JO. (2001). Molecular dynamics simulation of the effect of adding an Al2O3 nanoparticle to PEO-LiCl/LiBr/LiI systems. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 11(12), 3191 - 3196.
• Brandell, D.; Klintenberg, M.; Aabloo, A.; Thomas, JO. (2000). Calculation of the optical absorption spectrum of ErCl3 in poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO). International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 80(4-5), 799 - 806.
• Aabloo, A.; Klintenberg, M.; Thomas, JO. (2000). Molecular dynamics simulation of a polymer-inorganic interface. Electrochimica Acta, 45(8-9), 1425 - 1429.
• Aabloo, A.; Thomas, JO. (1998). Molecular dynamics simulation of Nd3+ ions in a crystalline PEO surface. Electrochimica Acta, 43(10-11), 1361 - 1364.
• Aabloo, A.; Thomas, J. (1997). Molecular dynamics simulations of a poly(ethylene oxide) surface. Computational and Theoretical Polymer Science, 7(1), 47 - 51.
• Aabloo, A.; Thomas, J. (1997). Molecular dynamics simulations of a poly(ethylene oxide) surface. Polymer, 38(18), A47 - A51.
• Aabloo, A.; French, AD. (1994). Preliminary potential-energy calculations of cellulose i-alpha crystal-structure. Macromolecular Theory and Simulations, 3(1), 185 - 191.
• Aabloo, A.; French, AD.; Mikelsaar, RH.; Pertsin, AJ. (1994). Studies of crystalline native celluloses using potential-energy calculations. Cellulose, 1(2), 161 - 168.
• French, AD.; Miller, DP.; Aabloo, A. (1993). Miniature crystal models of cellulose polymorphs and other carbohydrates. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 15(1), 30 - 36.

An Underwater vehicle for environmental monitoring

• Madis Listak, Georg Martin, David Pugal, Alvo Aabloo, Maarja Kruusmaa, "Design of a Semiautonomous Biomimetic Underwater Vehicle for Environmental Monitoring, " Proc of the 2005 IEEE Int. Symposium on Computational Intellgence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA 2005), June 27-30, 2005, Espoo, Finland download video

• Listak, M.; Martin, G.; Pugal, D.; Aabloo, A.; Kruusmaa, M. (2005). Design of a semiautonomous biomimetic underwater vehicle for environmental monitoring. 6th IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA 2005); Espoo, Finland; 27.06.-30.06.2005. New York: IEEE, 2005, 9 - 14.
• Listak, Madis; Martin, Georg; Pugal, David; Aabloo, Alvo; Kruusmaa, Maarja (2005). Task-oriented Design of an Underwater Vehicle for Environmental Monitoring in The Baltic Sea. In: Proceedings of the IARP: International Workshop on Underwater Robotics (IWUR 2005); Genova, Italy; 09.-11.11.2005. Genova: IARP, 2005.

Robotics and path planning

• Heero, K.; Kruusmaa, M.; Aabloo, A. (2005). On the Utility of Exploration on Time-Critical Mobile Robot Missions. In: Proceedings: 2nd European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR05); Ancona, Italy; 07.-10.09.2005. Macerata: Edizioni Simple, 2005, 152 - 157.
• Heero, K.; Kruusmaa, M.; Aabloo, A. (2005). Learning innovative routes for mobile robots in dynamic partially unknown environments. International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems , 2(3), 209 - 222.
• Heero, K.; Kruusmaa, M.; Willemson, J.; Aabloo, A. (2004). Robots Find a Better Way: A Learning Method for Mobile Robot Navigation in Partially Unknown Environments. Groen, F.; Amato, N.;Bonarini, A.; Yoshida, E.; Kröse, B. (Toim.). Intelligent Autonomous Systems (559 - 566). Amsterdam: IOS Press