Tunable polymer actuators via a simple and versatile blending approach

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 174, Issue , 2012, Pages 547-554

  Kwak, Hee La ^a,b   Cho, Kieyong ^a   Yu, Seunggun ^a   Baek, Kyung Youl ^a   Lee, Jong Chan ^b   Hong, Soon Man ^a   Koo, Chong Min ^a,c  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Actuator; Block copolymer; Dielectric; P(VDF TrFE); Polymer blend

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION PROPERTY; CHEMICAL AFFINITIES; ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; MICELLAR STRUCTURES; MICROPHASE-SEPARATED MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER ACTUATORS; TRIBLOCK COPOLYMER BLENDS;

ACTUATORS; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; POLYMER BLENDS;

BLENDING;

EID: 84868200294     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2012.06.078     Document Type: Article

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