Sectored-electrode IPMC actuator for bending and twisting motion

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7642, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Riddle, Robert O ^a   Jung, Youngsoo ^a   Kim, Sang Mun ^a   Song, Sisi ^a   Stolpman, Benjamin ^a   Kim, Kwang J ^a   Leang, Kam K ^a  

^a Reno   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroactive polymer; Ionic polymer metal composite actuator; Twisting IPMC

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CATHETER; BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; ELECTRODE PATTERN; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; IONIC POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITE ACTUATORS; PERFORMANCE LIMITATIONS; SURFACE MACHINING; TECHNICAL DESIGN; TWISTING ANGLE; TWISTING MOTION;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYMERS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 77953266626     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.848003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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