IDTechEx Research finds that the electroactive polymer (EAP) market will be US$245 million in 2013. EAP materials have been used for some time in actuators, capacitors and nanocomposites but, with new ...

Electroactive polymers, characterised by their ability to alter physical and electronic properties under an applied electrical stimulus, have emerged as promising candidates for energy storage, ...

Electroactive polymer actuators represent a rapidly evolving field in materials science, where electrically induced deformations in polymers are harnessed to produce controlled mechanical motion.

Because of their ability to act in the manner of biological muscles, electroactive polymers (EAPs) have earned the nickname "artificial muscles." JPL, in collaboration with research institutions ...

Artificial Muscle Inc. (www.artificialmuscle.com) has begun marketing standard electroactive polymer actuators that it says are lighter, smaller and less expensive than conventional electromagnetic ...

Merging synthetic biology and materials science, researchers genetically coaxed specific populations of neurons to manufacture electronic-tissue "composites" within the cellular architecture of a ...

Polymer dielectrics having high dielectric constant, high temperature capability, and low loss are attractive for a broad range of applications such as film capacitors, gate dielectrics, artificial ...