A thermotropic liquid crystal elastomer micro-actuator with integrated deformable micro-heater

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 905-908

  Petsch, S ^a   Rix, R ^b   Reith, Patrick ^a   Khatri, Bilal ^a   Schuhladen, Stefan ^a   Ruh, Dominic ^a   Zentel, Rudolf ^b   Zappe, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELASTOMERS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

COMPACT DESIGNS; ELECTRICAL INPUTS; LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS; MACROSCOPIC SHAPES; MICRO-HEATERS; RELATIVE LENGTH; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THERMAL REACTIONS;

MEMS;

EID: 84899019573     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2014.6765788     Document Type: Conference Paper

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