TY - GEN
T1 - Enhanced electromechanical responses of IPCNC Actuators
AU - Liu, Yang
AU - Liu, Sheng
AU - Cebeci, Hulya
AU - De Villoria, Roberto G.
AU - Lin, Jun Hong
AU - Wardle, Brian L.
AU - Zhang, Q. M.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In this presentation, we will show several progresses in Ionic Polymer Conductor Network Composite Actuators (IPCNC) studies. First of all, we successfully fabricated ultra high volume fraction vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VA-CNTs)/polymer composite electrodes which markedly improved the electromechanical performance of IPCNC actuators. The experimental results show that the continuous paths through inter-VA-CNT channels and low electrical conduction resistance due to the continuous CNTs lead to fast actuation speed (>10% strain/second). The experimental results also demonstrate that the VA-CNTs create anisotropic elastic property in the composite electrodes, which suppresses the vertical strain and markedly enhances the actuation strain (>8% strain under 4 volts). The data here show the promise of optimizing the electrode morphology in IPCNCs by the ultrahigh volume fraction VA-CNTs for ionic polymer actuators to achieve high performance.
AB - In this presentation, we will show several progresses in Ionic Polymer Conductor Network Composite Actuators (IPCNC) studies. First of all, we successfully fabricated ultra high volume fraction vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VA-CNTs)/polymer composite electrodes which markedly improved the electromechanical performance of IPCNC actuators. The experimental results show that the continuous paths through inter-VA-CNT channels and low electrical conduction resistance due to the continuous CNTs lead to fast actuation speed (>10% strain/second). The experimental results also demonstrate that the VA-CNTs create anisotropic elastic property in the composite electrodes, which suppresses the vertical strain and markedly enhances the actuation strain (>8% strain under 4 volts). The data here show the promise of optimizing the electrode morphology in IPCNCs by the ultrahigh volume fraction VA-CNTs for ionic polymer actuators to achieve high performance.
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U2 - 10.1115/smasis2010-3832
DO - 10.1115/smasis2010-3832
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84859546408
SN - 9780791844168
T3 - ASME 2010 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS 2010
SP - 195
EP - 203
BT - ASME 2010 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS 2010
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
T2 - ASME 2010 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS 2010
Y2 - 28 September 2010 through 1 October 2010
ER -