Design and manufacturing considerations of low-voltage multilayer P(VDF-TrFE) actuators

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Edqvist, E ^a   Hedlund, E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE POLYMERS; FINITE ELEMENT SOFTWARE; FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; LOW-VOLTAGE; MULTI-LAYERED; MULTILAYER DESIGNS; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; PHASE CONFIGURATIONS; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-TRIFLUOROETHYLENE); PORTABLE ELECTRONICS; RESONANT DRIVING; SPEED MEASUREMENT; SQUARE WAVE SIGNALS; TIP DEFLECTION; UPRIGHT POSITION;

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; NANOCANTILEVERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; SUBSTRATES;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 70350633977     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/19/11/115019     Document Type: Article

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