Performance characteristics of electro-chemically driven polyacrylonitrile fiber bundle actuators

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 563-576

  Choe, Kiyoung ^a   Kim, Kwang J ^a   Kim, Doyeon ^a   Manford, Chris ^a   Heo, Soek ^a   Shahinpoor, Moshen ^b  

^a University of Nevada   (United States)

^b Environmental Robots Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator; Gel; PAN

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ANNEALING; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PH EFFECTS; POLYACRYLONITRILES; SHRINKAGE; STRESSES; SWELLING;

ACTUATION FORCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULI; GEL; PH RESPONSE;

FIBERS;

EID: 33746101843     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X06059074     Document Type: Article

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