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New horizons for orthotic and prosthetic technology: artificial muscle for ambulation

Author(s): Hugh M. Herr; Roy D. Kornbluh

EAP as artificial muscles: progress and challenges

Author(s): Yoseph Bar-Cohen

Electrostrictive polymers for mechanical energy harvesting

Author(s): Yiming Liu; Kailiang Ren; Heath F. Hofmann; Qiming Zhang

Converging the capabilities of EAP artificial muscles and the requirements of bio-inspired robotics

Author(s): David F. Hanson; Victor White

Recent progress on electroelastomer artificial muscles and their application for biomimetic robots

Author(s): Qibing Pei; Ron Pelrine; Marcus A. Rosenthal; Scott Stanford; Harsha Prahlad; Roy D. Kornbluh

Conductive filler: elastomer composites for Maxwell stress actuator applications

Author(s): Colin G. Cameron; Royale S. Underhill; Marc Rawji; Jeffrey P. Szabo

Dielectric elastomer laminates for active membrane pump applications

Author(s): Kimberly Pope; Alyson Tews; Mary I. Frecker; Eric Mockensturm; Nakhiah C. Goulbourne; Alan J. Snyder

Materials for dielectric elastomer actuators

Author(s): Peter Sommer-Larsen; Anne L. Larsen

Effects of crosslinking, prestrain, and dielectric filler on the electromechanical response of a new silicone and comparison with acrylic elastomer

Author(s): Xuequn Zhang; M. Wissler; B. Jaehne; Rolf Breonnimann; Gabor Kovacs

High-dielectric-constant polymers as high-energy-density (HED) field effect actuator and capacitor materials

Author(s): Cheng Huang; Qiming Zhang

Novel electroactive polymer system: PVDF-based polymer blends

Author(s): Zhimin Li; Milind D. Arbatti; Z.-Y. Cheng

How to tune rubber elasticity

Author(s): Anne L. Larsen; Peter Sommer-Larsen; Ole Hassager

Electrostriction enhancement mechanism for ferroelectric polymers

Author(s): JiangYu Li

Electro-elastic modeling of a dielectric elastomer diaphragm for a prosthetic blood pump

Author(s): Nakhiah C. Goulbourne; Mary I. Frecker; Eric Mockensturm

Modified two-dimensional computational model for electrostrictive graft elastomer

Author(s): Changjie Sun; Youqi Wang; Ji Su

Understanding ion transport in conjugated polymers

Author(s): Xuezheng Wang; Elisabeth Smela; Benjamin Shapiro

Verification of micromechanical models of actuation of ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs)

Author(s): Yongxian Wu; Sia Nemat-Nasser

Controlled actuation of Nafion-based ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs)with ethylene glycol as solvent

Author(s): Shahram Zamani; Sia Nemat-Nasser

Modeling the polypyrrole water interface by molecular dynamics simulation

Author(s): Toribio F. Otero; Jose J. Lopez Cascales

Modeling of the electromechanical response of ionic polymer metal composites (IPMC)

Author(s): Kinji Asaka; Naoya Mori; Kohtaku Hayashi; Yoshihiro Nakabo; Toshiharu Mukai; Zhi-Wei Luo

Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) actuators: the role of cation and anion choice

Author(s): Nathan A. Vandesteeg; Patrick A. Anquetil; Ian W. Hunter

Improvement of electrochemical deformation of conducting polymers: strain, force, and response

Author(s): Keiichi Kaneto; Megumi Nakashima; Wataru Takashima

The behavior of ionic polymer-metal composites in a multilayer configuration

Author(s): Jason W. Paquette; Kwang Jin Kim; Doyeon Kim; Woosoon Yim

Ionic liquids as novel solvents for ionic polymer transducers

Author(s): Matthew D. Bennett; Donald J. Leo

Revisiting the electrochemical properties of conducting polymers

Author(s): Toribio F. Otero; Maria Jesus Ariza; S. O. Costa; Manuel Marquez

Electrically conducting shape memory polymer composites for electroactive actuator

Author(s): Yong Chae Jung; Nam Seo Goo; Jae Whan Cho

Toward nano-biomimetic muscles: polyacrylonitrile nanofibers

Author(s): Ravikant Samatham; Kiyoung Choe; Kwang Jin Kim; Mohsen Shahinpoor; Jaedo Nam

Electromechanical flapping produced by ionic polymer-metal composites

Author(s): Hoon Cheol Park; Kwang Jin Kim; Sang Ki Lee; Young Joo Chah

Carbon nanotube sheet actuator: theoretical and experimental investigations

Author(s): Mohammad H. Haque; Ivica Kolaric; Uwe Vohrer; Thomas Wallmersperger; Bernd Kroeplin

A new electroactive paper actuator using conducting polypyrrole

Author(s): Shripad D. Deshpande; Jaehwan Kim; Seong R. Yun

Fabrication of ionic-polymer-metal-composite (IPMC) micropump using a commercial Nafion

Author(s): James J. Pak; Jihong Kim; Sang Woo Oh; Jee Hee Son; Sung Hwan Cho; Seung-Ki Lee; Jong-Yeon Park; Byungkyu Kim

Polymer-based actuators for virtual reality devices

Author(s): Christian Bolzmacher; Moustapha Hafez; Mohamed Benali Khoudja; Paul Bernardoni; Steven Dubowsky

Self-assembled nanostructured conducting elastomeric electrodes

Author(s): Jennifer H. Lalli; A. Hill; S. Hannah; M. Bortner; S. Subrahmanyan; Jeffrey B. Mecham; Bradley A. Davis; Richard O. Claus

Actuator based on poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/PEO/elastomer IPNs

Author(s): Hyacinthe Randriamahazaka; Cedric Plesse; Frederic Vidal; Catherine Gauthier; Claude Chevrot; Dominique Teyssie

Electroactive papers based on cellulose

Author(s): Jaehwan Kim; Cheol-Woo Park; Yu-Keun Kang

Development of velocity sensor using ionic polymer-metal composites

Author(s): Masashi Konyo; Yoshiki Konishi; Satoshi Tadokoro; Takumi Kishima

Gel electrolyte candidates for electrochromic devices (ECDs)

Author(s): Susan E. Legenski; Chunye Xu; Lu Liu; Marie O. Le Guilly; Minoru Taya

Developing a polymeric sensor to monitor intracellular conditions

Author(s): Timothy C. Mudarri; Donald J. Leo; Brett C. Wood; Peter K. Shires

Nonlinear dynamics of thin film polyvinylidene fluoride cantilevers

Author(s): Amit Shukla

Feasibility study of actuators and sensors using electroactive polymers reinforced with carbon nanotubes

Author(s): Arun Ramaratnam; Nader Jalili

Micro inchworm robot actuated by artificial muscle actuator based on nonprestrained dielectric elastomer

Author(s): Kwangmok Jung; Jaedo Nam; Youngkwan Lee; Hyoukryeol Choi

Braille display device using soft actuator

Author(s): Sangwon Lee; Kwangmok Jung; Jachoon Koo D.V.M.; Sungil Lee; Hoogon Choi; Jaewook Jeon; Jaedo Nam; Hyoukryeol Choi

Large strain actuation in polypyrrole actuators

Author(s): Patrick A. Anquetil; Derek Rinderknecht; Nathan A. Vandesteeg; John D. Madden; Ian W. Hunter

Characterization of bending EAP beam actuators

Author(s): Xiaoqi Bao; Yoseph Bar-Cohen; Zensheu Chang; Stewart Sherrit

Interferometric measurement of the transverse strain response of electroactive polymers

Author(s): Wei Ren; Guomao Yang; Binu K. Mukherjee; Jeffrey P. Szabo

Fabrication and characterization of solid state conducting polymer actuators

Author(s): Jian Xie; Jose-Maria Sansinena; Junbo Gao; Hsing-Lin Wang

Effects of electrode morphology on the performance of BPSH and PATS ionic polymer transducers

Author(s): Barbar J. Akle; Kenton B. Wiles; Donald J. Leo; James E. McGrath

Nucleation, non-stoiquiometry, and tactile muscles with conducting polymers

Author(s): Toribio F. Otero; Maria T. Cortes; Iker Boyano; Genma Vazquez

Bending induced by creeping of plasticized poly(vinyl chloride) gel

Author(s): Toshihiro Hirai; Shigeyuki Kobayashi; Mitsuhiro Hirai; Masaki Yamaguchi; Md. Zulhash Uddin; Masashi Watanabe; Hirofusa Shirai

Actuator selection for variable camber foils

Author(s): John D. Madden

An improved electroactive polymer for optical applications

Author(s): Ibtisam Abbas; Ahmed M. Al-Jumaily; Maximiano V. Ramos

Design of smart window based on electrochromic polymers: new derivatives of 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene

Author(s): Lu Liu; Chunye Xu; Susan E. Legenski; Dai Ning; Minoru Taya

A hybrid actuator system demonstrating significantly enhanced electromechanical performance

Author(s): Ji Su; Tian-Bing Xu; Shujun Zhang; Thomas R. Shrout; Qiming Zhang

Polypyrrole actuators as valves for controlled drug delivery

Author(s): Chong Wang; Han Xu; ChunLei Wang; Jim Zoval; Marc Madou

Polyacrylic acid/poly(vinyl sulfonic acid, sodium salt) copolymer hydrogel actuator under an electric field

Author(s): Sang Jun Park; Seoung Gil Yoon; Han Il Kim; Kwang Min Shin; Sun I. Kim; Seon Jeong Kim

Electroactive cellophane actuators: ionic or piezoelectric?

Author(s): Chung-hwan Je; Doyeon Kim; Kwang Jin Kim

Synthesis and characteristics of semi-interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels of chitosan and polyaniline

Author(s): Su Ryon Shin; Sang Jun Park; Seoung Gil Yoon; Chang Kee Lee; In Young Kim; Sun I. Kim; Seon Jeong Kim

Electrical characterizations of smart hydrogel based on chitosan/poly(diallydimethylammonium chloride) in NaCl solutions

Author(s): Seoung Gil Yoon; Sang Jun Park; Jun Young Lim; Min Sup Kim; Baek Hwan Cho; Sang Min Lee; Seon Jeong Kim

Temperature and humidity effects on electro-active paper actuators

Author(s): Jaehwan Kim; Jae-Hong Park; Woo-Chul Jeong

Yield stress of perchloric-acid-doped polythiophene/silicone oil suspensions

Author(s): Datchanee Chotpattananont; Anuvat Sirivat; Alexander M. Jamieson

Structure and property of recrystallized high-energy-electron-irradiated P(VDF-TrFE)

Author(s): Zhimin Li; Z.-Y. Cheng

Modeling of optical gel electroactive response

Author(s): Robert A. Paxton; Ahmed M. Al-Jumaily; Maximiano V. Ramos; Allan J. Easteal

Composites PVDF-TrFE/BT used as bioactive membranes for enhancing bone regeneration

Author(s): Rossano Gimenes; Maria A. Zaghete; Marcio Bertolini; Jose A. Varela; Luciane O. Coelho; Nelson F. Silva, Jr.

Liquid crystal elastomer for artificial muscle applications

Author(s): Jawad W. Naciri; Amritha Srinivasan; Banahalli R. Ratna

Smart Structures and Materials 2004: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) (Proceedings Volume)

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