Biomimetic robotic Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula Ellis) made with ionic polymer metal composites

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Shahinpoor, Mohsen ^a  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; ION; METAL; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DROSERACEAE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DROSERACEAE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IONS; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; POLYMERS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 82755191780     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/6/4/046004     Document Type: Article

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