Mass transfer induced hydraulic actuation in ionic polymer-metal composites

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 369-376

  Shahinpoor, Mohsen ^a,b   Jim, Kwang J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Environmental Robots Incorporated   (United States)

^c University of Nevada   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionic polymer metal composites

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTRODES; MASS TRANSFER; POROUS MATERIALS;

HYDRAULIC ACTUATION; IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0013501752     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104538902761696715     Document Type: Article

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