Transparent actuator made with few layer graphene electrode and dielectric elastomer, for variable focus lens

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Hwang, Taeseon ^a,b   Kwon, Hyeok Yong ^a   Oh, Joon Suk ^a   Hong, Jung Pyo ^a   Hong, Seung Chul ^a   Lee, Youngkwan ^a   Ryeol Choi, Hyouk ^a   Jin Kim, Kwang ^a,b   Hossain Bhuiya, Mainul ^b   Nam, Jae Do ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING DISPLACEMENT; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; FEW-LAYER GRAPHENE; MECHANICAL DEVICE; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; VARIABLE FOCUS LENS;

ELASTOMERS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; SILICONES;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 84880457712     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4812982     Document Type: Article

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