Voltage-switchable artificial muscles actuating at near neutral pH

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 379-383

  Moschou, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Madou, Marc J ^b,c   Bachas, Leonidas G ^a   Daunert, Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b ChipRx Inc   (United States)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial muscle; Electroactuation; Hydrogel; Neutral pH environment

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; HYDROGELS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MONOMERS; OSMOSIS; PH EFFECTS; POLYMERIZATION;

ACRYLAMIDES; ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; ELECTROACTUATION; NEUTRAL PH ENVIRONMENTS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33645751195     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2005.09.021     Document Type: Article

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