Poly(3-methylthiophene) electrochemical actuators showing increased strain and work per cycle at higher operating stresses

Polymer

Volumn 47, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 7720-7725

  Xi, Binbin ^a   Truong, Van Tan ^b   Whitten, Philip ^a   Ding, Jie ^a   Spinks, Geoffrey M ^a   Wallace, Gordon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ionic liquid; Isotonic tests; Poly(3 methylthiophene) actuator

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ACTUATION STRAIN; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTUATORS; EXTERNAL STRESS; IONIC LIQUID; ISOTONIC TESTS;

ACTUATORS;

ELASTIC MODULUS; POLYMER BLEND; STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTY;

EID: 33749239837     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2006.08.063     Document Type: Article

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