Applications of dielectric elastomer EPAM sensors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6524, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Rosenthal, Marcus ^a   Bonwit, Neville ^a   Duncheon, Charlie ^a   Heim, Jon ^a  

^a Artificial Muscle Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial muscle; Capacitive sensor; Electroactive polymer (EAP); Integrated sensor; Resistive sensor

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; CAPACITIVE SENSORS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ELASTIC POLYMERS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS(EAPS); INTEGRATED SENSORS; RESISTIVE SENSORS;

CAPACITANCE; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

SENSORS;

EID: 35148869575     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.715084     Document Type: Conference Paper

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