Artificial fibular muscles with 20% strain based on polypyrrole-metal coil composites

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 784-785

  Hara, Susumu ^a   Zama, Tetsuji ^a,b   Tanaka, Noboru ^a   Takashima, Wataru ^b   Kaneto, Keiichi ^b  

^a EAMEX Co   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 23944492097     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2005.784     Document Type: Article

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