Composite Materials: Robotic Tentacles with Three‐Dimensional Mobility Based on Flexible Elastomers (Adv. Mater. 2/2013). (7th January 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Martinez, Ramses V.; Branch, Jamie L.; Fish, Carina R.; Jin, Lihua; Shepherd, Robert F.; Nunes, Rui M. D.; Suo, Zhigang; Whitesides, George M.
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 25:Number 2(2013)
• Page Start: 153
• Page End: 153
• Publication Date: 2013-01-07
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201370008
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

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