A flap-type hydrogel actuator with fast responses to temperature

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2175-2182

  Zhang, Yaopeng ^a,b   Kato, Shinji ^a   Anazawa, Takanori ^a  

^a KAWAMURA INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; POLYMERIZATION; SWELLING;

DESWELLING; HYDROGEL ACTUATORS; ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE; MICROGELS;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 36448942199     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/16/6/020     Document Type: Article

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