Frequency response of anisotropic ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) transducers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6927, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Stoimenov, Boyko L ^a   Rossiter, Jonathan ^b   Mukai, Toshiharu ^a   Asaka, Kinji ^c  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anisotropic; Artificial muscle; Frequency response; IPMC; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; ROBOTICS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITE (IPMC) TRANSDUCERS;

TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 44349102578     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.776520     Document Type: Conference Paper

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