Materials science on the nano-scale for improvements in actuation properties of dielectric elastomer actuators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7642, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kofod, G ^a   McCarthy, D N ^a   Stoyanov, H ^a   Kollosche, M ^a   Risse, S ^a   Ragusch, H ^a   Rychkov, D ^a   Dansachmuller M ^a   Wache R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dielectric elastomer actuators; Nanocomposites; New materials

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION PROPERTY; CONDUCTING PARTICLES; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; ELASTOMER MATERIALS; HIGH PERMITTIVITY; METAL OXIDES; METAL PARTICLE; METAL-OXIDE; NANO SCALE; NEAREST-NEIGHBORS; NEW MATERIAL; WATER UPTAKE;

ACTUATORS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; LEAD OXIDE; MATERIALS SCIENCE; NANOCOMPOSITES; PERMITTIVITY; PLASTICS; RUBBER; SOLVENTS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 77953239986     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.847281     Document Type: Conference Paper

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