The effects of varying deposition current density on bending behaviour in PPy(DBS)-actuated bending beams

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 175-184

  Maw, Sean ^a   Smela, Elisabeth ^b   Yoshida, Ken ^c   Sommer Larsen, Peter ^d   Stein, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Actuator; Deposition current density; Deposition potential; Muscle; Polypyrrole; Strain

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BENDING (DEFORMATION); CHARGE TRANSFER; CURRENT DENSITY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; OPTICAL CORRELATION; POLYPYRROLES; STRAIN;

BEAM CURLING; CURRENT STIMULATION WAVEFORMS; DEPOSITION CURRENT DENSITY (DCD);

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0035871342     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(00)00512-4     Document Type: Article

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