The behavior of ionic polymer-metal composites in a multi-layer configuration

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 881-888

  Paquette, Jason W ^a   Kim, Kwang J ^a   Kim, Doyeon ^a   Yim, Woosoon ^b  

^a University of Nevada   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTILAYERS; RESISTORS;

INTER-DIGITATED ELECTRODES; IONIC POLYMERS-METAL COMPOSITE (IPMC); IPMC SURFACE; RC CIRCUITS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 25144470232     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/14/5/024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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