Encapsulated polypyrrole actuators

Synthetic Metals

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-64

  Madden, John D ^a   Cush, Ryan A ^a   Kanigan, Tanya S ^a   Brenan, Colin J ^a   Hunter, Ian W ^a  

^a Massachusetts I ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYPYRROLES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

LINEAR ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0032680255     PISSN: 03796779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-6779(99)00034-X     Document Type: Article

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