Bending actuators with maximum curvature and force and zero interfacial stress

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-186

  Shapiro, Benjamin ^a   Smela, Elisabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator; Bilayer; Delamination; Polypyrrole; Stress

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; ELASTIC MODULI; POLYPYRROLES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BILAYERS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; INTERFACIAL STRESS; INTERMEDIATE LAYERS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 33846511603     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X06063801     Document Type: Article

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