Pushing the limits for microactuators based on electroactive polymers

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 574-585

  Gaihre, Babita ^a   Alici, Gursel ^a   Spinks, Geoffrey M ^a   Cairney, Julie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electroactive polymer (EAP) microactuators; microforce measurement; modeling and identification; performance evaluation and characterization; polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) thin film

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION FORCE; AQUEOUS MEDIA; BENDING DISPLACEMENT; BLOCKING FORCES; DISPLACEMENT OUTPUT; DISTRIBUTED LOADS; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; FLEXURAL RIGIDITIES; LASER ABLATION TECHNIQUE; MICROCANTILEVER BEAMS; MICROFORCES; PER UNIT VOLUME; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE METRICS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE MEMBRANES; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; PVDF LAYERS; TIP DEFLECTION;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; FILM THICKNESS; POLYPYRROLES; THIN FILMS;

MICROACTUATORS;

EID: 84861841522     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2012.2184084     Document Type: Article

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