Experimentally validated improvement of IPMC performance through alternation of pretreatment and electroless plating processes

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Yip, Joanne ^a   Feng, Li Shu ^a   Hang, Choy Wing ^a   Marcus, Yuen Chun Wah ^a   Wai, Kan Chi ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING DEFORMATIONS; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; ELECTROLESS PLATING PROCESS; ENERGY TRANSDUCTION; FABRICATION METHOD; IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES; LOW DRIVING VOLTAGE; PRE-TREATMENT; SMART MATERIALS; TAGUCHI DESIGN OF EXPERIMENT; TIP FORCES;

BIOMIMETICS; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROLESS PLATING; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 79951625324     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/20/1/015009     Document Type: Article

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