Dielectric materials, design and realization

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9430, Issue January, 2015, Pages

  Opris, Dorina M ^a   Quinsaat, Jose Enrico Q ^a,b   Dünki, Simon ^a,b   Ko, Yee Song ^a,b   Alexandru, Mihaela ^a   Racles, Carmen ^c   Nüesch, Frank A ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c PETRU PONI INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

Author keywords

dielectric elastomer actuators; functionalized silicones; high permittivity; silicone

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BLENDING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELASTICITY; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; PERMITTIVITY; POLYMERIC GLASS; POLYMERS; SILICONES; TEMPERATURE;

DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; FREQUENCY RANGES; FUNCTIONALIZED; HIGH PERMITTIVITY; LOW GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; POLAR SIDE GROUPS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84937243002     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2086134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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