Polymer constraint effect for electrothermal bimorph microactuators

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Chu Duc, T ^a   Lau, G K ^b   Sarro, P M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ELASTIC MODULI; MICROACTUATORS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

CONSTRAINED POLYMER BLOCKS; ELECTROTHERMAL MICROACTUATORS; POLYMER CONSTRAINT EFFECTS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 34548492219     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2779929     Document Type: Article

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