Development of 3D 4-electrode IPMC actuator with accurate omnidirectional control ability for microendoscopic surgical application

TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2393-2396

  Feng, Guo Hua ^a   Tsai, Jeng Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Composite; Electrodes; Fiber; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE; COMPOSITE ELECTRODE; DIRECTIONAL CONTROL; ELECTRODE SURFACES; FABRICATED DEVICE; LASER LIGHTS; OMNIDIRECTIONAL CONTROL; OPERATING FREQUENCY; POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITE; SQUARE WAVES; SURGICAL APPLICATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D);

ACTUATORS; ELECTRODES; MICROSYSTEMS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 71449116460     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285455     Document Type: Conference Paper

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