The application of polypyrrole trilayer actuators in microfluidics and robotics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6927, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kiefer, Rudolf ^a   Mandviwalla, Xerxes ^a   Archer, Rosalind ^a   Tjahyono, Sungkono Surya ^a   Wang, Han ^a   MacDonald, Bruce ^a   Bowmaker, Graham A ^a   Kilmartin, Paul A ^a   Travas Sejdic, Jadranka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cathodic actuation; Dodecylbenzene sulfonate; Polypyrrole; PVDF; Robotic fish; Trilayer actuator

Indexed keywords

CCD CAMERAS; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROFLUIDICS; POLYPYRROLES; ROBOTICS;

CATHODIC ACTUATION; DODECYLBENZENE SULFONATE; POLYPYRROLE TRILAYER ACTUATORS; ROBOTIC FISH;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 44349133459     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.776060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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