Journal
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
Volume 171, Issue -, Pages 515-521Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2012.05.022
Keywords
Electroactive polymer; Actuator; Nafion; Ionic-liquid
Funding
- U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
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The fabrication and electromechanical performance of three layer actuators (carbon nanotube/Nafion/carbon nanotube) with doped Nation were studied. The Nation actuators were doped with 1-butyl-3methylimmidazolium tetrafluoroborate (BMI+BF4-) ionic liquid, which was verified by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy analysis. The three layer actuators were fabricated using a simple method involving a doping and hot-pressing process. Carbon nanotube thin films (buckypaper or BP) were used as the electrode layers for fabricating the actuators. The actuators doped with the ionic liquid generated electromechanical strains up to 0.4%, which was ten times higher than when testing the neat Nafion three layer actuators. The results were promising for manufacturing lightweight, low power smart structures. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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