A circuit to model an ionic polymer-metal composite as actuator

Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Bonomo, C ^a   Fortuna, L ^a   Graziani, S ^a   Mazza, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; IONIZATION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PLASTIC DEFORMATION; ROBOTICS;

ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER (EAP); HYSTERITIC PHENOMENA; IONIC POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITE (IPMC); POSITIVE CHARGES;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 4344611544     PISSN: 02714310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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