A small scale viscometer based on an IPMC actuator and an IPMC sensor

2010 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, I2MTC 2010 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 585-589

  Brunetto, P ^a   Fortuna, L ^a   Giannone, P ^a   Graziani, S ^a   Pagano, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actuator; IPMC; Sensor; Viscometer

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES; IPMC; SMALL SCALE; SUCROSE SOLUTION; WHOLE SYSTEMS;

MEASUREMENT THEORY; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; POLYMERS; SENSORS; STRIP METAL; SUGAR (SUCROSE); VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 77957829199     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.2010.5488156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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