Enhanced control and stability of polypyrrole electromechanical actuators

Synthetic Metals

Volumn 140, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 273-280

  Spinks, Geoffrey M ^a   Xi, Binbin ^a   Zhou, Dezhi ^a   Truong, Van Tan ^b   Wallace, Gordon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actuator; Control; Ionic liquid; Polypyrrole; Stability

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ENERGY STORAGE; MONOMERS; OXIDATION; POLYPYRROLES; SENSORS; STRAIN;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; IONIC LIQUIDS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 1242307921     PISSN: 03796779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-6779(03)00365-5     Document Type: Article

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