Characteristics of chemo-mechanically driven polyacrylonitrile fiber gel actuators

Materials Science and Engineering C

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 294-298

  Lee, Deuk Yong ^a   Kim, Yena ^a   Lee, Se Jong ^b   Lee, Myung Hyun ^c   Lee, Jai Yeoul ^d   Kim, Bae Yeon ^e   Cho, Nam Ihn ^f  

^a Daelim University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungsung University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology (KICET)   (South Korea)

^d Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^e SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

^f SunMoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Actuation strain; Actuation stress; Electrospinning; Force; Natural muscle; Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fiber gel

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING; MUSCLE; PH; POLYACRYLONITRILES;

ACTUATION STRESS; FIBER GELS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 38349074472     PISSN: 09284931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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