Definitions
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- adjective physics, chemistry describing any material (especially in a
cell ) that iselectrically active orresponsive - adjective physics, chemistry describing any
polymer that changesshape in the presence of anelectric field
Etymologies
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Examples
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Professor Peter Skabara, an expert in electroactive materials at the University of Strathclyde, praised the high stability and fabrication strategy of the polymer-based battery.
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The technology is known as electroactive polymer artificial muscle.
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This new device, which was jointly developed by the Japanese company Hyper Drive and uses SRI's rubbery material, called electroactive polymer artificial muscle - what a mouthful for the name of a rubbery material.
unknown title 2009
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The team plans to mimic the longitudinal muscles with soft silicone rubber interspersed with a type of electroactive polymer EAP called a dielectric elastomer.
Scienstists Developing Robotic Octopus To Sovle Mysteries Of The Sea | Impact Lab 2009
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Simple in design, the device uses electroactive polymers, which change shape when voltage is run through them, forming the raised braille letters.
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For this, Canny plans to fill inkjet cartridges with electroactive polymers that contract when zapped with a voltage, enabling components to flex in desired directions.
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EAP stands for electroactive polymer, also known as artificial muscle, and earlier this month, the best artificial arms wrestled with a human opponent and lost decisively.
Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Electric muscles 2005
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Two sets of tiny electroactive "pacing cells" give rise to the heart's normal rhythm by stimulating other cells to contract in certain sequences.
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Two sets of tiny electroactive "pacing cells" give rise to the heart's normal rhythm by stimulating other cells to contract in certain sequences.
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Also:Artificial muscles, or electroactive polymers as they are known, are rubber and plastic-like materials that flex, bend and expand and contract when put in contact with chemicals or electricity.
Artificial muscles 2004
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