Assembled cation-exchange/anion-exchange polypyrrole layers as new simplified artificial muscles

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-66

  Ochoteco, Estibalitz ^a   Pomposo, Jose A ^a   Bengoechea, Miguel ^a   Grande, Hans ^a   Rodriguez, Javier ^a  

^a Centro de Investigacion Tecnologica En Electroquimica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Actuator; Artificial muscle; Biological applications of polymers; Conducting polymers; Monolayers

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ION EXCHANGE; MONOLAYERS; MUSCLE; POLYELECTROLYTES;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS;

POLYPYRROLES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ION EXCHANGE; MONOLAYERS; MUSCLE; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYPYRROLES;

BIOPOLYMER; DELAMINATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ION EXCHANGE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 33846705359     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.796     Document Type: Article

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