Liquid crystalline elastomers for microengineering;Flüssigkristalline elastomere für die mikrotechnik

Kunststoffe International

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 30-34

  Fischl, Tamás ^a   Albrecht, Arne ^a   Wurmus, Helmut ^a   Hoffmann, Martin ^a   Stubenrauch, Mike ^a   Sánchez Ferrer, Antqni ^b  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL LIQUID CRYSTALLINE ELASTOMERS (FULCE); HIGH PERFORMANCE MATERIALS; HYBRID MICROGRIPPERS; TECHNICAL ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MUSCLE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 33750394302     PISSN: 18624243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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