Electro-mechanical flapping produced by ionic polymer-metal composites

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5385, Issue , 2004, Pages 242-248

  Park, Hoon Cheol ^a   Kim, Kwang Jin ^b   Lee, Sang Ki ^a   Chah, Young Joo ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic motion; Bird flight; Flapping; IPMC

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ANISOTROPY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; IONIC CONDUCTION; METAL ANALYSIS; MOTION CONTROL; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMERS;

ANISOTROPIC MOTION; BIRD FLIGHT; ELECTROMECHANICAL FLAPPING; IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITE (IPMC);

ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 8844274185     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.533775     Document Type: Conference Paper

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