Freeform fabrication of ionomeric polymer-metal composite actuators

16th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, SFF 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 484-502

  Malone, Evan ^a   Lipson, Hod ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; FABRICATION;

BIOLOGICALLY-INSPIRED ROBOTICS; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; FREEFORM FABRICATION; LARGE DISPLACEMENTS; MATERIALS AND PROCESS; MULTIPLE MATERIALS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITE;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

EID: 84890045671     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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