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

Hirohisa Tamagawa; Wenyi Lin; Keiko Kikuchi; Minoru Sasaki

doi:10.1016/j.snb.2011.04.053

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

Hirohisa Tamagawa, Wenyi Lin, Keiko Kikuchi, Minoru Sasaki

ENG - Materials Processing

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Abstract

Electrical bending control of Nafion-based ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC) is quite difficult. Unlike a conventional fully hydrated noble metal-coated Nafion type IPMC, however, highly dehydrated silver-coated Nafion type IPMC exhibited better electrical bending controllability. Embedding of the multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) into Nafion surface promoted adsorption of a larger quantity of silver on the Nafion surface, since the MWCNT surface served as adsorption sites for silver. A MWCNT-embedded Nafion coated with such a large quantity of silver (SCNT-Naf) exhibited large bending curvature under an applied voltage when in a highly dehydrated state, because of large scale induction of silver redox reaction. We could even achieve autonomous bending curvature control of the highly dehydrated SCNT-Naf quantitatively by automatically monitoring total charge imposed on it.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	375-382
Number of pages	8
Journal	Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical
Volume	156
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2011.04.053
Publication status	Published - 2011 Aug 10

Keywords

Actuator
Bending
IPMC
MWCNT
Nafion

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Instrumentation
Condensed Matter Physics
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Metals and Alloys
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Materials Chemistry

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