Review of Artificial Muscle Based on Contractile Polymers

An artificial muscle with strength and speed equal to that of a human muscle may soon be possible. Polymer gels exhibit abrubt volume changes in response to variations in their external conditions -- shrinking or swelling up to 1000 times their original volume. Through the conversion of chemic...

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Main Author: Brock, David L.
Language:en_US
Published: 2004
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6580

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