Fast relaxation of carbon nanotubes in polymer composite actuators

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Ahir, S V ^a   Terentjev, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED-EXPONENTIAL LAW; DEBYE RELAXATION; MECHANICAL ACTUATION; NANOTUBE CONCENTRATION; STIMULATED RESPONSE;

ACTUATORS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTOMERS; IRRADIATION; PHOTOMECHANICS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SILICONES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33645661393     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.133902     Document Type: Article

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