Multilayer ceramic actuators

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 698-705

  Uchino, Kenji ^a   Takahashi, Sadayuki ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

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EID: 0008464738     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0286(96)80054-4     Document Type: Article

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