Stacking nematic elastomers for artificial muscle applications

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 133, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 500-505

  Spillmann, Christopher M ^a   Naciri, Jawad ^a   Martin, Brett D ^a   Farahat, Waleed ^b   Herr, Hugh ^b   Ratna, Banahalli R ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraction forces; Liquid crystal elastomer; Mechanical properties; Stacked actuators; Thermal actuator

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOMATERIALS; MUSCLE; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CONTRACTION FORCES; LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS; STACKED ACTUATORS; THERMAL ACTUATORS;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 33846474230     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2006.04.045     Document Type: Article

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