Electroactive polyacrylonitrile nanofibers as artificial nano-muscles

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4695, Issue , 2002, Pages 351-358

  Shahinpoor, M ^a,b   Norris, I D ^c   Mattes, B R ^c   Kim, K J ^d   Sillerud, Laurel O ^b  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

^b Environmental Robots Incorporated   (United States)

^c Santa Fe Science and Technology (SFST)   (United States)

^d Reno   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial muscles; Polyacrylonitrile nanofibers

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ANNEALING; CROSSLINKING; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; GELS; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROLYSIS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES;

POLYACRYLONITRILES;

EID: 0036030636     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.475181     Document Type: Article

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