Core-free rolled actuators for Braille displays using P(VDF-TrFE-CFE)

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Levard, Thomas ^a   Diglio, Paul J ^a   Lu, Sheng Guo ^b   Rahn, Christopher D ^a   Zhang, Q M ^a,b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION FORCE; BI-LAYER; BLOCKING FORCES; BOTTOM CONTACTS; BRAILLE DISPLAY; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; HIGH STRAINS; REFRESHABLE BRAILLE DISPLAY; SOLUTION CAST; TERPOLYMER FILMS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; STRAIN;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 84555197187     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/21/1/012001     Document Type: Article

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