Fundamental configurations for dielectric elastomer actuators

Dielectric Elastomers as Electromechanical Transducers

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 77-90

  Kornbluh, Roy ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 84882291987     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-047488-5.00008-3     Document Type: Chapter

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