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Biomimetic Sensors and Actuators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Kelley Markowski and
Robert E. Newnham
Kelley Markowski
Affiliation:
Kelley Markowski The Pennsylvania State University, 135 Materials Research Laboratory. University Park, PA 16802
Robert E. Newnham
Affiliation:
Robert E. Newnhamn The Pennsylvania State University, 251 Materials Research Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802
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Abstract

Several types of biornimetic structures suitable for underseas systems are described. Composite sensors and actuators are modeled after coral, fish, sharks and bats.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 255: Symposium Z – Hierarchically Structured Materials , 1991, 255
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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