Achieving high performance electric field induced strain: A rational design of hyperbranched aromatic polyamide functionalized graphene-polyurethane dielectric elastomer composites

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4521-4530

  Chen, Tian ^a   Qiu, Jinhao ^a   Zhu, Kongjun ^a   Li, Jinhuan ^a   Wang, Jingwen ^a   Li, Shuqin ^a   Wang, Xiaoliang ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN BONDS; MECHANICAL ACTUATORS; MEMS; POLYURETHANES;

ALTERNATING CURRENT FIELDS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC-FIELD-INDUCED STRAIN; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS; HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELD; LOW DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; MICRO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS);

PLASTICS;

EID: 84925957013     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp508864b     Document Type: Article

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