Tailoring actuation of ionic polymer-metal composites through cation combination

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5051, Issue , 2003, Pages 245-253

  Nemat Nasser, Sia ^a   Wu, Yongxian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuation; Cation combination; Flemion; Ionic polymer metal composite; Nafion

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; IONOMERS; POSITIVE IONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

IONIC POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITES (IPMC);

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0242525567     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.484439     Document Type: Conference Paper

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