Light-driven polymer actuator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5602, Issue , 2004, Pages 51-62

  Sarkisov, Sergey S ^a   Curley, Michael J ^a   Fields, Aisha ^a   Adamovsky, Grigory ^b  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical actuator; Optical motor; Photomechanical effect; Polyvinylidene fluoride

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; EXTRUSION; HEAT LOSSES; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHTING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLYMERS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THIN FILMS;

OPTICAL ACTUATORS; OPTICAL MOTORS; PHOTOMECHANICAL EFFECTS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES (PVDF);

ACTUATORS;

EID: 17644416416     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.572452     Document Type: Conference Paper

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