Analysis of the actuation properties of charged multilayer films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Allahyarov, Elshad ^a,b,c   Löwen, Hartmut ^a   Zhu, Lei ^c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

^c Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE FILMS; ELASTOMERS; MULTILAYERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

ACTUATION PROPERTY; APPLIED VOLTAGES; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ELASTICITY THEORY; ELASTOMER LAYERS; SINGLE LAYER FILMS;

MULTILAYER FILMS;

EID: 84923676110     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4906064     Document Type: Article

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