Photoactuators on the base of polymeric elastomers and multiwall carbon nanotubes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8107, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Czanikova K ^a   Krupa, I ^a   Ilcikova M ^a   Mosnacek J ^a   Kasak P ^a   Micusik M ^a   Chorvat Jr D ^b   Omastova M ^a  

^a POLYMER INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b INTERNATIONAL LASER CENTER   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Cholesteryl 1 pyrenecaroxylate; EVA elastomers; Nanocomposites; Photo actuation; Surface treatment

Indexed keywords

AFM; CHOLESTERYL 1-PYRENECAROXYLATE; ELASTOMERIC POLYMER; ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCTION; ETHYLENE-VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMERS; FAST RESPONSE; LOW NOISE; MATRIX; PHOTO-ACTUATION; SHEAR FORCE; WIRELESS CONNECTION;

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELASTOMERS; ETHYLENE; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 80053536073     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.894530     Document Type: Conference Paper

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