Dielectric properties of polyacrylate thick films used in sensors and actuators

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Jean Mistral, C ^a,b   Sylvestre, A ^c   Basrour, S ^b   Chaillout, J J ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D ELECTROTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC EQUATIONS; ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; COMPLIANT ELECTRODES; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; DIELECTRIC POLARIZATION; DIELECTRIC POLYMERS; DIPOLAR RELAXATION; ELECTRICAL PARAMETER; ELECTROACTIVE MATERIAL; GOLD ELECTRODES; HIGH PERFORMANCE APPLICATIONS; MECHANICAL CONSTRAINTS; MICRO PUMP; PRE-STRAIN; PRE-STRESS; SENSORS AND ACTUATORS; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

ACTUATORS; ELECTRODES; PERMITTIVITY; POLYMERS; PUMPS; SILVER; THICK FILMS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 77953742006     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/19/7/075019     Document Type: Article

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