Artificial exomuscle investigations for applications - Metal hydride

Biomedical Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Crevier, Marie Charlotte ^a   Richard, Martin ^a   Rittenhouse, D Matheson ^a   Roy, Pierre Olivier ^a   Bédard, Stéphane ^a  

^a Victhom Human Bionics Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; HYDROGEN; METAL HYDRIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; BIONICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DESORPTION; DIFFUSION; DISSOCIATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOTHERM; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; REACTOR; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; BIONICS; HYDROGEN; METALS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 34347225580     PISSN: 17486041     EISSN: 1748605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-6041/2/1/S01     Document Type: Conference Paper

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