Metal ion implanted compliant electrodes in dielectric electroactive polymer (EAP) membranes

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 18-25

  Dubois, P ^a   Rosset, S ^a   Niklaus, M ^a   Dadras, M ^b   Shea, H ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DEAP; Dielectric electroactive polymer actuators; EAP; FCVA; Ion implantation; PBII; PDMS

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRODES; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; ION IMPLANTATION; METAL IMPLANTS; METAL IONS; METALLIC FILMS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; METALS; MICROCHANNELS; MUSCLE; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMERS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COMPLIANT ELECTRODES; DEAP; DIELECTRIC ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS; FCVA; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IMPLANTATION PARAMETERS; PBII; RELATIVE DISPLACEMENT;

ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS;

EID: 62449336216     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.61.18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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