Multiplexed hydraulic valve actuation using ionic liquid filled soft channels and Braille displays

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Gu, Wei ^a   Chen, Hao ^a   Tung, Yi Chung ^a   Meiners, Jens Christian ^a   Takayama, Shuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAILLE DISPLAYS; HYDRAULIC VALVES; MACROSCOPIC SWITCHES;

ACTUATORS; ELASTICITY; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MULTILAYERS; MULTIPLEXING;

HYDRAULIC MACHINERY;

EID: 33846417952     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2431771     Document Type: Article

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