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Slit Tubes for Semisoft Pneumatic Actuators

Journal Article · · Advanced Materials
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  1. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street Cambridge MA 02138 USA
  2. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
  3. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street Cambridge MA 02138 USA; School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 29 Oxford St Cambridge MA 02138 USA; Kavli Institute for Bionano Science and Technology, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street Cambridge MA 02138 USA
  4. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street Cambridge MA 02138 USA; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, 9211-116 Street NW Edmonton Alberta T6G 1H9 Canada
  5. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street Cambridge MA 02138 USA; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, 60 Oxford Street Cambridge MA 02138 USA; Kavli Institute for Bionano Science and Technology, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street Cambridge MA 02138 USA

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Research Organization:
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-00ER45852
OSTI ID:
1537224
Journal Information:
Advanced Materials, Vol. 30, Issue 9; ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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