Photostrictive actuators - New perspective

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 147-158

  Uchino, K ^a   Poosanaas, P ^b   Tonooka, K ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL METAL AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Thailand)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actuator; Photostriction; Photovoltaic effect; PLZT ceramics; Surface characteristics

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED PERFORMANCE; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; FUTURE GENERATIONS; INDUCED STRAIN; PHOTOSTRICTION; PHOTOSTRICTIVE ACTUATORS; PHOTOSTRICTIVE MATERIALS; PLZT CERAMICS; RESPONSE SPEED; SAMPLE THICKNESS; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; THEORETICAL MODELS; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; UNIFORM ILLUMINATION; WALKING DEVICES; WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LEAD; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SURFACES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ZIRCONIUM;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 19644392736     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150190108008667     Document Type: Conference Paper

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