Large strain actuation in polypyrrole actuators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5385, Issue , 2004, Pages 380-387

  Anquetil, Patrick A ^a   Rinderknecht, Derek ^a   Vandesteeg, Nathan A ^a   Madden, John D ^b   Hunter, Ian W ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Characterization; Imidazolium; Ionic liquid; Large strain; Polypyrrole

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROLYTES; MUSCLE; POLYPYRROLES; SALTS; STRAIN;

IMIDAZOLIUM; IONIC LIQUIDS; LARGE STRAIN; POLYMER ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 8844283458     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.540141     Document Type: Conference Paper

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