Polypyrrole-polyvinylidene difluoride composite stripe and zigzag actuators foruse in facial robotics

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Tadesse, Yonas ^a,b   Priya, Shashank ^a,b   Ramannair Chenthamarakshan, C ^a   De Tacconi, Norma R ^a   Rajeshwar, Krishnan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; FILM GROWTH; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; POLYPYRROLES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ACTUATOR DISPLACEMENT; SHAPED ACTUATORS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 43249102464     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/17/2/025001     Document Type: Article

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