Electrically-controllable liquid crystal elastomer-graphite composite artificial muscles

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4695, Issue , 2002, Pages 459-464

  Finkelmann, Heino ^a   Shahinpoor, Mohsen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial muscles; Electrically activated liquid crystal graphite composite elastomers; Monodomain nematic liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; GRAPHITE; MUSCLE; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 0036028664     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.475190     Document Type: Article

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