Elastomeric actuators based on ethylene-vinyl acetate and carbon nanotubes

Chemistry: The Key to our Sustainable Future

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-14

  Czaniková, Klaudia ^a   Omastová, Mária ^a   Krupa, Igor ^b   Kasák, Peter ^a   Pavlová, Ewa ^c   Chorvát, Dušan ^d  

^a POLYMER INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^c INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^d INTERNATIONAL LASER CENTER   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CAPILLARY FLOW; ETHYLENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; POLYVINYL ACETATES; SILICONES; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YARN;

ACTUATION STROKES; BRAILLE CHARACTERS; DIMENSIONAL CHANGES; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (MWCNT); RED AND BLUE LIGHT; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84907507384     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7389-9_1     Document Type: Chapter

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