Challenges to the transition to the practical application of IPMC as artificial-muscle actuators

Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings

Volumn 600, Issue , 2000, Pages 13-20

  Bar Cohen, Y ^a   Leary, S ^a   Yavrouian, A ^a   Oguro, K ^b   Tadokoro, S ^c   Harrison, J ^d   Smith, J ^d   Su, J ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OSAKA NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; IONIC CONDUCTION; METALLORGANIC POLYMERS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE ACTUATORS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE METALLIC COMPOSITE; PLANETARY DUST WIPER;

CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS;

EID: 0033713892     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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