Spray deposited multilayered dielectric elastomer actuators

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 459-467

  Araromi, O A ^a   Conn, A T ^a   Ling, C S ^a   Rossiter, J M ^a   Vaidyanathan, R ^a   Burgess, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DEA fabrication; Dielectric elastomer; Electroactive polymers (EAPs); Figure of merit; Spray deposition; Unimorph actuators

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AUTOMATION; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITS; ELASTICITY; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; SCALABILITY; SILICONES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS; FIGURE OF MERITS; SPRAY DEPOSITION; UNIMORPH ACTUATORS;

FABRICATION;

EID: 79955903031     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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