An artist takes advantage of muscle-mimicking polymers to manipulate sounds. A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant food and water, personal space is essential to prevent ...

Sign us up for some! Although the fabrication process looks a bit daunting, we love the results of working with electro-active polymers. These are sheets of plastic that can flex by contracting in ...

So he began to search for a way to manipulate the foil in a predictable manner, and eventually stumbled across some information on electroactive polymers. Commonly used as an actuator for industrial ...

Using these electroactive polymer films, the research team is developing novel drive systems (actuators) that can be controlled without the need for additional sensors. "A precise electrical ...

Electroactive Polymers Electroactive polymers represent a class of materials capable of reallocating their shape in response to an electric field and can harvest energy in the form of electrical ...

Our research group focuses on: 1. Ferroelectric and dielectric functional polymers for electrical applications. 2. Electroactive polymers. 3. Polymer nanocomposites and polymer brushes. Guanchun and ...

Dr. Snow is currently head of the Materials Synthesis and Processing Section in the Chemistry Division at NRL His research interests are polymer synthesis, electroactive polymers, low-dielectric ...