Manufacture and Performance of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 143-149

  Yu, Min ^a   Shen, Hui ^a   Dai, Zhen dong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

artificial muscle; IPMC

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; MUSCLE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; ION-EXCHANGE POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES; TRIANGULAR WAVEFORM;

POLYMERS;

EID: 34848880468     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(07)60026-2     Document Type: Article

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