Influence of micro- And nanofillers on electro-mechanical performance of silicone EAPs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8340, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Skov, Anne Ladegaard ^a   Bejenariu, Anca ^a   Bøgelund, Jesper ^b   Benslimane, Mohamed ^c   Egede, Anders Daugaard ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c DANFOSS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

dielectrical permittivity; fillers; rheology; silicone EAP

Indexed keywords

BARIUM TITANATE; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTOMERS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PERMITTIVITY; PLASTICS; RHEOLOGY; SILICA; SILICONES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

BARIUM TITANATE NANOPARTICLES; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; ELASTOMER FILMS; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL; MECHANICAL AND DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MICRO PROCESSING; SILICA PARTICLES; SOFT ELASTOMERS;

FILLERS;

EID: 84884585392     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.912114     Document Type: Conference Paper

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