A small scale viscometer based on IPMCs

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Volumn 2, Issue PART 1, 2009, Pages

  Brunetto, P ^a   Graziani, S ^a   Strazzeri, S ^a   Xibilia, M G ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; POLYMERS; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT; CONTROL SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; INTEGRATED DEVICE; IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES; LOW COSTS; POLYMERIC COMPOSITES; SMALL SCALE;

SIGNAL PROCESSING; INTELLIGENT CONTROL;

EID: 79955724198     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20090921-3-TR-3005.00028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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