Contractile and buckling actuators based on dielectric elastomers: Devices and applications

CIMTEC 2008 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures and Systems - Artificial Muscle Actuators using Electroactive Polymers

Volumn 61, Issue , 2008, Pages 186-191

  Carpi, Federico ^a   Frediani, Gabriele ^a   Mannini, Andrea ^a   De Rossi, Danilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actuator; Buckling; Contractile; Dielectric elastomer; EAP; Folded

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BUCKLING; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; MUSCLE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PLASTICS; POLYMERS;

CONTRACTILE; CONTRACTILE ACTUATORS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ELASTOMER MEMBRANES; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; ELECTROMECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; FOLDED; INTER-DIGITATED ELECTRODES;

ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS;

EID: 62449178240     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.61.186     Document Type: Conference Paper

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