Playing nature's game with artificial muscles

Science

Volumn 308, Issue 5718, 2005, Pages 63-65

  Baughman, Ray H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBON NANOTUBE; ELASTOMER; ELECTROLYTE; METAL; POLYANILINE; POLYMER; POLYPYRROLE; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; NANOMATERIAL;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ENERGY METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROSTATICS; MUSCLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; POLYMERS; ROBOTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 15944395527     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1099010     Document Type: Review

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