Reinforced poly(propylene oxide): A very soft and extensible dielectric electroactive polymer

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Goswami, K ^a   Galantini, F ^b   Mazurek, P ^a   Daugaard, A E ^a   Gallone, G ^b   Skov, A L ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS; ELASTOMERIC MATERIALS; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL ACTUATIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL CROSS-LINKING; RELATIVE DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITY; RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY; STRESS-STRAIN MEASUREMENT; THIOL-ENE CHEMISTRIES;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELASTOMERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCEMENT; SILICA; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

PROPYLENE;

EID: 84887042021     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/22/11/115011     Document Type: Article

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