Impact of the nature of the compliant electrodes on the dielectric constant of acrylic and silicone electroactive polymers

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Vu Cong, T ^a   Jean Mistral, C ^b   Sylvestre, A ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D ELECTROTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; COMPLIANT ELECTRODES; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; ELECTROACTIVE MATERIAL; HIGH PERFORMANCE APPLICATIONS; METALLIC PARTICLES; RELIABLE MODELS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRODES; ENERGY HARVESTING; PERMITTIVITY; PLASTICS; SILICONES;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84866867926     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/21/10/105036     Document Type: Article

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