Low temperature characteristics of ionic polymer-metal composite actuators

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-143

  Paquette, Jason W ^a   Kim, Kwang J ^a   Kim, Doyeon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuators; Electro active polymers; IPMC

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; IONOMERS; LOW TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; RELAXATION PROCESSES; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

BLOCKING FORCE; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS (EAP); IONIC POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITES (IPMC); POLYMERIC ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 9944224609     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(04)00541-2     Document Type: Article

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