Large-strain, rigid-to-rigid deformation of bistable electroactive polymers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Yu, Zhibin ^a   Yuan, Wei ^a   Brochu, Paul ^a   Chen, Bin ^b   Liu, Zhitian ^a   Pei, Qibing ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; BISTABLES; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; LARGE STRAINS; POLY(TERT-BUTYL ACRYLATE) (PTBA); REFRESHABLE BRAILLE DISPLAY; RUBBERY STATE; TACTILE DISPLAY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

GLASS TRANSITION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMERS; STRAIN; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 70449709394     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3263729     Document Type: Article

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