Characteristics and bending performance of electroactive polymer blend made with cellulose and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 650-657

  Cai, Zhijiang ^a,b   Hou, Chengwei ^a   Yang, Guang ^a  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Bending displacement; Cellulose; Lifetime; Poly(3 hydroxybutyrate)

Indexed keywords

3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; BENDING ACTUATION; BENDING DISPLACEMENT; ELECTRICAL POWER CONSUMPTION; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; FABRICATION PROCESS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTRA; FREE-BENDING; GOLD ELECTRODES; HUMIDITY CONDITIONS; LIFETIME; LIFETIME TESTS; POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE); PURE CELLULOSE; TENSILE TESTS; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACIDS;

BIOMIMETICS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; POLYMER BLENDS; POWER QUALITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CELLULOSE;

EID: 80054753208     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2011.08.038     Document Type: Article

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