The need for speed

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8340, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rosset, Samuel ^a   Gebbers, Pit ^a,b   O'Brien, Benjamin M ^c   Shea, Herbert R ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

carbon grease; conductive rubber; metal ion implantation; response speed; Silicone

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; ELECTRODES; ION IMPLANTATION; METAL IONS; SILICONES;

COMPLIANT ELECTRODES; CONDUCTIVE RUBBER; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; FRAMES PER SECONDS; MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES; OSCILLATING ACTUATORS; RESPONSE SPEED; SILICONE MEMBRANE;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 84901325081     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.914623     Document Type: Conference Paper

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