High actuation strain in silicone dielectric elastomer actuators with silver electrodes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7976, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Low, Sze Hsien ^a   Lau, Gih Keong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dielectric elastomer actuator; Electroactive polymer; Electroless deposition; PDMS; Silicone; Silver electrodes

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER; ELECTROLESS DEPOSITION; PDMS; SILVER ELECTRODES;

ACTUATORS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC FILMS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF LIQUIDS; ELECTRODES; METALLIZING; PLASTICS; SILICONES; STRAIN;

SILVER;

EID: 79955891084     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.880348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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