Fast low-voltage electroactive actuators using nanostructured polymer electrolytes

Ion transport in sulfonated polymers

(2013) Moon Jeong Park et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Bio-Inspired Polymer Composite Actuator and Generator Driven by Water Gradients

(2013) M. Ma et al.   SCIENCE

Electroactuation with single charge carrier ionomers: the roles of electrostatic pressure and steric strain

(2013) Alpha A. Lee et al.   Soft Matter

RAFT Synthesis of ABA Triblock Copolymers as Ionic Liquid-Containing Electroactive Membranes

(2012) Tianyu Wu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Prestrain-Free Dielectric Elastomers Based on Acrylic Thermoplastic Elastomer Gels: A Morphological and (Electro)Mechanical Property Study

(2012) Pruthesh H. Vargantwar et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Increasing the maximum strain and efficiency of bucky gel actuators by pyrrole oxidative polymerization on carbon nanotubes dispersed in an ionic liquid

(2012) Maurizio Biso et al.   CARBON

Imidazolium sulfonate-containing pentablock copolymer–ionic liquid membranes for electroactive actuators

(2012) Renlong Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Driving Mechanisms of Ionic Polymer Actuators Having Electric Double Layer Capacitor Structures

(2012) Satoru Imaizumi et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Phase Behavior and Conductivity of Sulfonated Block Copolymers Containing Heterocyclic Diazole-Based Ionic Liquids

(2012) Onnuri Kim et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Enhanced Electromechanical Response of Ionic Polymer Actuators by Improving Mechanical Coupling between Ions and Polymer Matrix

(2012) Yang Liu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

High performance polymer actuators based on multi-walled carbon nanotubes that surpass the performance of those containing single-walled carbon nanotubes: Effects of ionic liquid and composition

(2012) Naohiro Terasawa et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Expansion–contraction of photoresponsive artificial muscle regulated by host–guest interactions

(2012) Yoshinori Takashima et al.   Nature Communications

A 4 V Operation, Flexible Braille Display Using Organic Transistors, Carbon Nanotube Actuators, and Organic Static Random-Access Memory

(2011) Kenjiro Fukuda et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Thickness dependence of curvature, strain, and response time in ionic electroactive polymer actuators fabricated via layer-by-layer assembly

(2011) Reza Montazami et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Enhanced Biomimetic Performance of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuators Prepared with Nanostructured Block Ionomers

(2011) Pruthesh H. Vargantwar et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Counterion Dynamics in Polyester−Sulfonate Ionomers with Ionic Liquid Counterions

(2011) Gregory J. Tudryn et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Morphology and Conductivity in Ionic Liquid Incorporated Sulfonated Block Copolymers

(2011) Sung Yeon Kim et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Polymer Actuators Using Ion-Gel Electrolytes Prepared by Self-Assembly of ABA-Triblock Copolymers

(2011) Satoru Imaizumi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Superfast-Response and Ultrahigh-Power-Density Electromechanical Actuators Based on Hierarchal Carbon Nanotube Electrodes and Chitosan

(2011) Jinzhu Li et al.   NANO LETTERS

Bending control of Nafion-based electroactive polymer actuator coated with multi-walled carbon nanotubes

(2011) Hirohisa Tamagawa et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Effect of hexafluoropropylene on the performance of poly(vinylidene fluoride) polymer actuators based on single-walled carbon nanotube–ionic liquid gel

(2011) Naohiro Terasawa et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

The performance of fast-moving low-voltage electromechanical actuators based on single-walled carbon nanotubes and ionic liquids

(2011) Ken Mukai et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Scaling behavior of proton mobility in sulfonated block copolymers

(2011) Sun Ju Lee et al.   Soft Matter

Ion transport and storage of ionic liquids in ionic polymer conductor network composites

(2010) Yang Liu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Electro-active graphene–Nafion actuators

(2010) Jung-Hwan Jung et al.   CARBON

Influence of imidazolium-based ionic liquids on the performance of ionic polymer conductor network composite actuators

(2010) Sheng Liu et al.   POLYMER INTERNATIONAL

High performance polymer actuator based on carbon nanotube-ionic liquid gel: Effect of ionic liquid

(2010) Naohiro Terasawa et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Highly Conductive Sheets from Millimeter-Long Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Ionic Liquids: Application to Fast-Moving, Low-Voltage Electromechanical Actuators Operable in Air

(2009) Ken Mukai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Electromechanical Behavior of Room Temperature Ionic Liquid Dispersed Cellulose

(2009) Suresha K. Mahadeva et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Anisotropic Proton Conduction in Aligned Block Copolymer Electrolyte Membranes at Equilibrium with Humid Air

(2009) Moon Jeong Park et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Stretchable active-matrix organic light-emitting diode display using printable elastic conductors

(2009) Tsuyoshi Sekitani et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Ionic-liquid materials for the electrochemical challenges of the future

(2009) Michel Armand et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Electrochemical properties and actuation mechanisms of actuators using carbon nanotube-ionic liquid gel

(2009) Naohiro Terasawa et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

High performance fully plastic actuator based on ionic-liquid-based bucky gel

(2008) Ken Mukai et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Electromechanical behavior of fully plastic actuators based on bucky gel containing various internal ionic liquids

(2008) Ichiroh Takeuchi et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Beyond Nafion: Charged Macromolecules Tailored for Performance as Ionic Polymer Transducers

(2008) Andrew J. Duncan et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Triblock Copolymer Organogels as High-Performance Dielectric Elastomers

(2008) Ravi Shankar et al.   MACROMOLECULES