Design and characterization of shell-like actuators based on soft dielectric electroactive polymers

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1415-1422

  Lochmatter, P ^a,b   Kovacs, G ^a,c   Ermanni, P ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); DIELECTRIC FILMS; POLYMERS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BLOCKING LOADS; DEFORMATION POTENTIAL; HYPERELASTIC MODELS; SOFT DIELECTRIC ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 34547423323     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/16/4/056     Document Type: Article

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