A practical multilayered conducting polymer actuator with scalable work output

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Ikushima, Kimiya ^a   John, Stephen ^a   Yokoyama, Kazuo ^a   Nagamitsu, Sachio ^a  

^a PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR DISPLACEMENT; AIR STABILITY; AIR-STABLE; ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE ACTUATOR; COMPACT STRUCTURES; COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTRO-MAGNETIC MOTORS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; INPUT VOLTAGES; MAMMALIAN MUSCLES; MULTI-LAYERED; MULTILAYER ACTUATORS; POLYPYRROLE FILM; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; SAFE DESIGNS; WORK OUTPUT;

ACTUATORS; CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; GELATION; GELS; IONIC LIQUIDS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MACHINE DESIGN; MAMMALS; MULTILAYERS; MUSCLE; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; POLYPYRROLES;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 70350641844     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/18/9/095022     Document Type: Article

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