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  1. Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, 300 Chunchun-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Kyunggi-do, 440-746, South Korea

    J. -D. Nam

  2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, 300 Chunchun-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Kyunggi-do, 440-746, South Korea

    H. R. Choi & J. C. Koo

  3. School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, 300 Chunchun-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Kyunggi-do, 440-746, South Korea

    Y. K. Lee

  4. Active Materials and Processing Laboratory, Mechanical Engineering Department (MS312), University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 89557, USA

    K. J. Kim

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    Kwang J. Kim PhD

  2. Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

    Satoshi Tadokoro (Dr. Eng.) (Dr. Eng.)

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Nam, J.D., Choi, H.R., Koo, J.C., Lee, Y.K., Kim, K.J. (2007). Dielectric Elastomers for Artificial Muscles. In: Kim, K.J., Tadokoro, S. (eds) Electroactive Polymers for Robotic Applications. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-372-7_2

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