Method to analyze programmable deformation of dielectric elastomer layers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 25, 2008, Pages

  Zhao, Xuanhe ^a   Suo, Zhigang ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; POLYMERS; RUBBER;

DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; NONLINEAR OSCILLATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONS;

DEFORMATION;

EID: 58149156138     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3054159     Document Type: Article

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