Manufacturing of ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs) that can actuate into complex curves

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6524, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Stoimenov, Boyko L ^a   Rossiter, Jonathan M ^a,b   Mukai, Toshiharu ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbitrary shape; Artificial muscle; Complex curve; Electrical connection; IPMC; Reversing polarity; Variable curvature

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC WIRING; ELECTRODES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; ROBOTICS;

ARBITRARY SHAPES; ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; COMPLEX CURVES; ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS; IONIC POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITES (IPMC); REVERSING POLARITY; VARIABLE CURVATURES;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 35148847311     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.715560     Document Type: Conference Paper

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