Dielectric Elastomers through Liquid-Metal Inclusions
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Dr. M. D. Bartlett, Dr. A. Fassler, Prof. C. Majidi Soft Machines Lab Department of Mechanical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh , PA 15213 , USA E-mail: [email protected] N. Kazem Soft Machines Lab Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh , PA 15213 , USA E. J. Markvicka Soft Machines Lab The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh , PA 15213 , USA P. Mandal Laboratory for Transport Phenomena in Energy Systems Department of Mechanical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh , PA 15213 , USA
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