Fast piezoelectric actuation of an elastomeric micropore

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3560-3567

  Jansen, Murray L ^a   Willmott, Geoff R ^a,b   Hoek, Ingrid ^a   Arnold, W Mike ^a,b  

^a CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Membrane; Micropore; Piezo actuator; Tunable pore; Viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANES; MICROPOROSITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

MICRO- AND NANO-PARTICLES; MICROPORES; PIEZO ACTUATOR; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATION; THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANES; TUNABLE PORE; VISCO-ELASTIC MATERIAL; VISCOELASTIC;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 84881174325     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2013.05.023     Document Type: Article

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