Soft silicone based interpenetrating networks as materials for actuators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9056, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yu, Liyun ^a   Gonzalez, Lidia Burdalo ^a   Hvilsted, Søren ^a   Skov, Anne Ladegaard ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

dielectric; elastomer; IPN; silicone; thermal stability

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; PLASTICS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; IPN; NEW APPROACHES; ORTHOGONAL CHEMISTRIES; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SILYLATIONS; VISCOUS LOSS;

SILICONES;

EID: 84905572990     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2044769     Document Type: Conference Paper

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