Ion-implanted compliant electrodes for mm-size dielectric elastomer actuators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7287, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Rosset, Samuel ^a   Niklaus, Muhamed ^a   Dubois, Philippe ^a   Shea, Herbert R ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dielectric elastomer actuators; Electroactive polymers; Electrodes; Metal ion implantation; Polydimethylsiloxane

Indexed keywords

CARBON-BASED ELECTRODES; COMPLIANT ELECTRODES; DIAPHRAGM ACTUATOR; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; ELASTOMER SURFACE; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS; IMPLANTED ELECTRODES; LOW ENERGIES; M-SCALE; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; NANO-METER SCALE; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS;

ACTUATORS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRODES; ION BOMBARDMENT; ION IMPLANTATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METAL IONS; METALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PALLADIUM; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; RUBBER; SILICONES;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 69849105356     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.815183     Document Type: Conference Paper

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