Sub-percolative composites for dielectric elastomer actuators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7493, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Stoyanov, H ^a   Kollosche, M ^a   McCarthy, D ^a   Becker, A ^a   Risse, S ^a   Kofod, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

High electromechanical response; Nanocomposites; Permittivity

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE CARBON; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; DRIVING FIELD; DROP-CASTING; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN STRENGTH; ELECTROMECHANICAL RESPONSE; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS; HIGH ELECTROMECHANICAL RESPONSE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY; SOFT POLYMERS; SOFT RUBBER; STRESS-INDUCED DEFORMATION; TENSILE TESTS; VOLUME PERCENTAGE; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ACTUATORS; BALL MILLING; BUTENES; CARBON BLACK; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ETHYLENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERMITTIVITY; RUBBER; STYRENE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN;

EID: 72149119782     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.841076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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