Energy minimization for self-organized structure formation and actuation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Kofod, Guggi ^a   Wirges, Werner ^a   Paajanen, Mika ^b   Bauer, Siegfried ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; FREE ENERGY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION; PLASTICS; STRAIN;

BENDING ELASTIC ENERGY; ELECTROACTIVE MATERIALS; ENERGY MINIMIZATION;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 33847205312     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2695785     Document Type: Article

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