Electroactuation of solvated triblock copolymer dielectric elastomers: Decoupling the roles of mechanical prestrain and specimen thickness

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 1569-1582

  Krishnan, Arjun S ^a   Vargantwar, Pruthesh H ^a   Ghosh, Tushar K ^b   Spontak, Richard J ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biaxiality; block copolymers; dielectric properties; films; gels; mechanical properties; micelles; modulus; self assembly; stimuli responsive polymers

Indexed keywords

BIAXIALITY; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MODULUS; PRE-STRAIN; PROCESSABLE; SPECIMEN THICKNESS; STIMULI-RESPONSIVE POLYMER;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPOLYMERIZATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY HARVESTING; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 80053609577     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: 10990488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.22331     Document Type: Article

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