Advances in an electrorheological fluid based tactile array

Displays

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 135-141

  Taylor, P M ^a   Pollet, D M ^b   Hosseini Sianaki, A ^c   Varley, C J ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Price Waterhouse   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrorheological fluids; Liquid crystalline fluid; Tactile display

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRODES; RHEOLOGY; SILICONES;

ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS; TACTILE DISPLAYS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 0032075398     PISSN: 01419382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0141-9382(98)00014-6     Document Type: Article

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