Carbon nanotube enhanced gripping in polymer-based actuators

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 113, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 7223-7226

  Du, Fei Peng ^a   Tang, Chak Yin ^b   Xie, Xiao Lin ^a   Zhou, Xing Ping ^a   Tan, Li ^c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACIDS; ELECTRICAL STIMULI; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL ACTUATOR; EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; IONIC POLYMER; LOADING RATIO; NOVEL MATERIALS; POLYMER MEMBRANE; PROMINENT STRUCTURES; SMALL OSCILLATIONS; SODIUM 4-STYRENESULFONATE; SURFACE-MODIFIED; THIN LAYERS; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS; WATER UPTAKE; WATERSOLUBLE;

ACTUATORS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; ION EXCHANGE; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); ORGANIC ACIDS; PEELING; POLYMERS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; SODIUM;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 67049088204     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp807707m     Document Type: Article

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