Fabrication and application of miniaturized dielectric elastomer stack actuators

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-66

  Lotz, Peter ^a   Matysek, Marc ^a   Schlaak, Helmut F ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Applications; dielectric elastomer stack actuators (DEAs); electroactive polymers (EAPs); fabrication

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED PROCESS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; DRIVING VOLTAGES; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS; MAIN PROCESS; MAXIMUM FLOW RATE; PDMS SURFACES; PERISTALTIC PUMP; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; SINGLE ACTUATORS; STACK ACTUATOR; THICKNESS VARIATION; THIN DIELECTRIC FILM; THIN DIELECTRIC LAYER; VIBROTACTILE DISPLAYS;

AUTOMATION; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC FILMS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FABRICATION; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; MICROCHANNELS; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; PUMPS; SILICONES;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 78651352349     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2010.2090164     Document Type: Article

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