Carbon coated liquid crystal elastomer film for artificial muscle applications

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 96, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 184-188

  Shenoy, Devanand K ^a   Laurence Thomsen Iii, D ^a   Srinivasan, Amritha ^b   Keller, Patrick ^c   Ratna, Banahalli R ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuators; Carbon coating; Contraction extension times; Liquid crystal elastomers; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CARBON; COATINGS; ELASTOMERS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MUSCLE; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ACTUATION RESPONSE TIME; CARBON COATING; ISOTROPIC PHASE TRANSITION; NEMATIC PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTOABSORPTION; UNIAXIAL CONTRACTION;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0037186155     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(01)00793-2     Document Type: Article

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