Artificial muscle valves for responsive drug delivery systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5455, Issue , 2004, Pages 109-115

  Wang, Chong ^a   Xu, Han ^a   Wang, ChunLei ^a   Zoval, Jim ^a   Madou, Marc ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuators; Artificial Muscle; Drug delivery; Polypyrrole; Valve

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORROSION; ELECTROLYTES; FABRICATION; POLYMERS; THIN FILMS;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; DRUG DELIVERY; POLYPYRROLE; VALVE;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

EID: 8844237018     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.548756     Document Type: Conference Paper

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