Electrospun nanoscale polyacrylonitrile artificial muscle

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Samatham, R ^a   Park, I S ^a   Kim, K J ^a   Nam, J D ^b   Whisman, N ^a   Adams, J ^a  

^a Reno   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYACRYLONITRILES; SOLUTIONS;

ACIDIC SOLUTIONS; ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; IONIC POLYMER GELS;

BIOMATERIALS;

EID: 33846037297     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/15/6/N03     Document Type: Article

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