Electro-active artificial muscle based on irradiation-crosslinked sulfonated poly(styrene-ran-ethylene)

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 635-642

  Wang, Xuan Lun ^a   Oh, Il Kwon ^a   Xu, Liang ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artificial muscle; Ionomer; Poly(styrene ran ethylene); UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

AC EXCITATION; AFM IMAGE; ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; BENDING RESPONSE; CROSSLINKED; CURRENT BEHAVIORS; DIRECT CURRENT; EXCHANGEABLE MEMBRANES; FT-IR SPECTRUM; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; POLY(STYRENE-RAN-ETHYLENE); SULFONATION DEGREE; UV IRRADIATION; VINYL SILANE; WATER UPTAKE;

ACTUATORS; DEIONIZED WATER; ETHYLENE; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IRRADIATION; MUSCLE; PHASE SEPARATION; STYRENE;

RADIATION;

EID: 77949308943     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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