Performance of dissipative dielectric elastomer generators

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Chiang Foo, Choon ^a,b   Jin Adrian Koh, Soo ^b,c   Keplinger, Christoph ^a,d   Kaltseis, Rainer ^d   Bauer, Siegfried ^d   Suo, Zhigang ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE POWER; CONVERSION CYCLES; CURRENT LEAKAGE; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; DISSIPATIVE LOSS; DISSIPATIVE PROCESS; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; POWER OUT PUT;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELASTOMERS;

PLASTICS;

EID: 84864226375     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4714557     Document Type: Article

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