Abstract
A dry type conducting polymer actuator PEDOT/NBR/PEDOT is prepared. Nitrile rubber (NBR) containing room temperature ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methyl imidazoliumbis (trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide (BMITFSI), have been utilized as a new type of solid polymer electrolytes. Various types of NBR having different amounts of acylonitrile (ACN), viz. 23, 35, and 40mol.%, are synthesized in order to examine the effect of polarity of NBR on the actuation behavior. A conducting polymer, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT), was synthesized on the surface of the SPEs by using a chemical oxidative polymerization technique. The electrical potential was applied on PEDOT layer which caused volume change to result in actuation behavior. The characteristics of the PEDOT/NBR/PEDOT actuator were carefully examined.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 289/[679]-296/[686] |
| Journal | Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals |
| Volume | 472 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - 20 Aug 2007 |
Keywords
- Electroactive polymer
- Ionic liquid
- NBR
- PEDOT