Attempting a classification for electrical polymeric actuators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6524, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Otero, T F ^a   Cascales, J López ^a   Fernandez Romero A J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrochemical; Electromechanical; Electroosmothic; Electrophoretic; Electrostrictive; Ferroelectric; Piezoelectric; Polymeric actuators

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; POLYMER FILMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; ELECTRICAL POLYMERIC ACTUATORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL; ELECTROPHORETIC; POLYMERIC ACTUATORS;

ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 35148843239     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.714234     Document Type: Conference Paper

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