Carbon-nanotube-sheet actuator - Theoretical and experimental investigations

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5385, Issue , 2004, Pages 249-259

  Haque, Mohammad H ^a   Kolaric, Ivica ^a   Vohrer, Uwe ^b   Wallmersperger, Thomas ^a   Kröplin, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INTERFACIAL ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IGB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bucky Paper; Carbon Nanotube Sheet Actuator; Electric Stimulation; Electro chemical Window; Experimental Investigation; Macroscopic Model; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; HYDROLYSIS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

BUCKY PAPER; CARBON NANOTUBE SHEET ACTUATORS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRO-CHEMICAL WINDOW; MACROSCOPIC MODEL;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 8844254809     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.539496     Document Type: Conference Paper

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