Contraction/Elongation Behavior of Cation-Modified Polyacrylonitrile Fibers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5051, Issue , 2003, Pages 207-213

  Kim, Kwang J ^a   Caligiuri, Jerusha ^a   Choe, Kiyoug ^a   Shahinpoor, Mohsen ^b,c  

^a University of Nevada   (United States)

^b Environmental Robots Incorporated   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial muscles; Polyacrylonitrile (PAN)

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ANNEALING; DEFORMATION; DIFFUSION; DISTILLATION; ELECTROLYSIS; MUSCLE; OSMOSIS; POSITIVE IONS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES;

POLYACRYLONITRILES;

EID: 0242694396     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.484415     Document Type: Conference Paper

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