Harnessing large deformation and instabilities of soft dielectrics: Theory, experiment, and application

Applied Physics Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Zhao, Xuanhe ^a,b   Wang, Qiming ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; POLYMERS;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; DIVERSE APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; MECHANICAL COMPLIANCE; MECHANICAL CONSTRAINTS; MECHANICAL INSTABILITIES; NOVEL FUNCTIONS; POLYMER CAPACITORS;

DEFORMATION;

EID: 84902528242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19319401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4871696     Document Type: Review

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