Fabrication and characterization of arbitrary shaped μIPMC transducers for accurately controlled biomedical applications

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-40

  Feng, Guo Hua ^a   Chen, Ri Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arbitrary shaped grip; MicroIPMC; Nafion; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; ELASTIC MODULI; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MICROMACHINING; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS;

ARBITRARY SHAPED GRIP; ION POLYMER METAL COMPOSITE (IPMC); NAFION;

TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 40949092010     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.06.032     Document Type: Article

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