Tunable electromechanical actuation in silicone dielectric film

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Lamberti, Andrea ^a   Di Donato, Marco ^a,b   Chiappone, Annalisa ^b   Giorgis, Fabrizio ^a,b   Canavese, Giancarlo ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

actuator; dielectric elastomer; electroactive polymer; mixing ratio; PDMS

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CROSSLINKING; DIELECTRIC FILMS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATORS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROCHANNELS; MIXING; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SILICONES; THIN FILMS;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL ACTUATIONS; ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; MIXING RATIOS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODES;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84907222550     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/23/10/105001     Document Type: Article

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