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Development of an all-polymer, axial force electrochemical actuator
Citation
Lewis, TW and Kane-Maguire, LAP and Hutchison, AS and Spinks, GM and Wallace, GG, Development of an all-polymer, axial force electrochemical actuator, Synthetic Metals, 102, (1-3) pp. 1317-1318. ISSN 0379-6779 (1999) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1016/S0379-6779(98)01022-4
Abstract
In this work we describe the design and development of an all-polymer electromechanical actuator with dissimilar conducting polymer anode and cathode in contact with a solid ion source — sink of a water based polyacrylamide hydrogel. This allows contraction of one film during oxidation and the other during reduction, and the expansion of both when the polarity is reversed. This gives a stable, free-standing device able to generate forces along its length in air under the application of a potential difference of about 1.5 V between the films.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | polypyrrole and derivatives, actuator devices |
| Research Division: | Chemical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry |
| Research Field: | Chemical Characterisation of Materials |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Lewis, TW (Dr Trevor Lewis) |
| ID Code: | 130675 |
| Year Published: | 1999 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 39 |
| Deposited By: | Physics |
| Deposited On: | 2019-02-07 |
| Last Modified: | 2019-02-07 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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