Applications of dielectric elastomer actuators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4329, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 335-349

  Pelrine, Ron ^a   Larsen, Peter Sommer ^b   Kornbluh, Roy ^a   Heydt, Richard ^a   Kofod, Guggi ^b   Pei, Qibing ^a   Gravesen, Peter ^c  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DANFOSS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

actuator; applications; artificial muscle; diaphragms; elastomers; electroactive polymer; electrostriction; loudspeakers; motors; Smart materials

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELASTOMERS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; OPTICAL DEVICES; ROBOTS; STRAIN;

DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0034784434     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.432665     Document Type: Article

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