High-performance micromachined unimorph actuators based on electrostrictive poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymer

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1082-1084

  Xu, T B ^a   Cheng, Z Y ^a   Zhang, Q M ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE POLYMERS; BROAD FREQUENCY RANGE; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DISPLACEMENT VOLTAGE RATIOS; ELASTIC ENERGY DENSITY; ELECTROSTRICTIVE STRAIN; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIGH LOAD; MICROMACHINED; MICROMACHINED ACTUATORS; MODELING RESULTS; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-TRIFLUOROETHYLENE); POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-TRIFLUOROETHYLENE) [P(VDF-TRFE)]; UNIMORPH ACTUATORS;

ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 79956024294     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1448661     Document Type: Article

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