@inproceedings{364150127e3046c8b84a8b5ce85c915a,
title = "Conductive filler morphology effect on performance of ionic polymer conductive network composite actuators",
abstract = "Several generations of ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) actuators have been developed since 1992. It has been discovered that the composite electrodes which are composed of electronic and ionic conductors, have great impact on performance of ionic polymer actuators by affecting strain level, efficiency and speed. One of important factors in composite electrodes is the shape and morphology of electronic conductor fillers. In this paper, RuO2 nanoparticles and vertically aligned carbon nanotube (Va-CNT) are used as conductor fillers. Making use of unique properties of Va-CNT forests with ultrahigh volume fraction in Nafion nanocomposite, an ionic polymer actuator is developed. Ion transport speed is greatly increased along CNT alignment direction. The high elastic anisotropy, arising from the high modulus and volume fraction of Va-CNTs, enhances actuation strain while reducing the undesirable direction strain. More than 8% actuation strain under 4 volts with less than one second response time has been achieved.",
keywords = "Aligned carbon nanotubes, Ionic polymer actuators, Nanocomposite, Strain and speed",
author = "Sheng Liu and Yang Liu and Hulya Cebeci and {De Villoria}, {Roberto Guzman} and Lin, {Jun Hong} and Wardle, {Brian L.} and Qiming Zhang",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1117/12.847619",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780819480576",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
booktitle = "Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2010",
note = "Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2010 ; Conference date: 08-03-2010 Through 11-03-2010",
}