Enhanced electro-mechanical performance of TiO2 nano-particle modified polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) as electroactive polymers

2011 16th International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, TRANSDUCERS'11

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 614-617

  Ouyang, G M ^a   Wang, K Y ^a   Chen, X Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

EAP; Electro mechanical; Nano composite; PDMS; Tunable gratings

Indexed keywords

EAP; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS; HIGH-ENERGY BALL MILLING; IN-SITU POLYMERIZATION; MATRIX; PDMS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; REDUCED DRIVING VOLTAGE; STABLE DISPERSIONS; TIO; TUNABLE GRATING;

ACTUATORS; AGGLOMERATION; BALL MILLING; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; GLYCOLS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROSYSTEMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SILICONES; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

NANOSENSORS;

EID: 80052122112     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2011.5969778     Document Type: Conference Paper

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