Patterning and electrical interfacing of individually controllable conducting polymer microactuators

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 183, Issue , 2013, Pages 283-289

  Jager, Edwin W H ^a,b   Masurkar, Nirul ^a   Nworah, Nnamdi Felix ^a   Gaihre, Babita ^b   Alici, Gursel ^b   Spinks, Geoffrey M ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actuator; Electrical interface; Electroactive polymer actuators; Microfabrication; Polypyrrole; PVDF membrane

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ELECTRICAL INTERFACE; ELECTRICAL INTERFACING; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; MICRO-FABRICATION TECHNOLOGY; POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITE; PVDF MEMBRANE;

ACTUATORS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; MICROANALYSIS; MICROFABRICATION; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POLYPYRROLES;

MICROACTUATORS;

EID: 84877348787     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2013.02.075     Document Type: Article

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