Characterization of the harvesting capabilities of an ionic polymer metal composite device

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Brufau Penella, J ^a   Puig Vidal, M ^a   Giannone, P ^b   Graziani, S ^b   Strazzeri, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER BEAMS; CHARACTERIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EULER EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; IONIC POLYMERS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 41849122658     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/17/01/015009     Document Type: Article

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