Increasing the maximum strain and efficiency of bucky gel actuators by pyrrole oxidative polymerization on carbon nanotubes dispersed in an ionic liquid

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4506-4511

  Biso, Maurizio ^a   Ansaldo, Alberto ^a   Picardo, Elisa ^b   Ricci, Davide ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR PERFORMANCE; IONIC ACTUATORS; OXIDATIVE POLYMERIZATION; SOLID STATE IONICS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON NANOTUBES; HYBRID MATERIALS; IONIC LIQUIDS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYPYRROLES;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 84863727224     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.05.032     Document Type: Article

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