Recent advances in ionic polymer–metal composite actuators and their modeling and applications

Progress in Polymer Science - Tập 38 Số 7 - Trang 1037-1066 - 2013
Choonghee Jo1, David Pugal2, Il‐Kwon Oh1, Kwang J. Kim3, Kinji Asaka4
1School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Systems Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea
2Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89557, USA
3Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4027, USA
4Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST),1-8-31 Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka 563-8577, Japan

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