Dielectric properties of carbon nanotube/silicone elastomer composites

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7493, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Zhen ^a   Sun, Shouhua ^a   Liu, Liwu ^a   Yu, Kai ^a   Liu, Yanju ^a   Leng, Jinsong ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Dielectric constant; Dielectric elastomers(DEs)

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR PERFORMANCE; CONDUCTIVE FILLER PARTICLES; DIELECTRIC BREAKDOWN STRENGTH; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS(DES); ELASTOMER COMPOSITES; ELASTOMER MATRIX; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; LARGE STRAINS; MECHANICAL WORK; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; SILICONE ELASTOMERS;

ACTUATORS; BIOMIMETICS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERMITTIVITY; PLASTICS; RUBBER; SILICONES; SOLVENTS; STRAIN;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 72149107826     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.845406     Document Type: Conference Paper

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