Folded dielectric elastomer actuators

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Carpi, Federico ^a   Salaris, Claudio ^a   De Rossi, Danilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRODES; SILICONES;

CONTRACTILE ACTUATORS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; LINEAR ACTUATORS; MONOLITHIC STRUCTURE;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 33947138255     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/16/2/S15     Document Type: Article

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