Comparative Experimental Study on Ionic Polymer Mental Composite based on Nafion and Aquivion Membrane as Actuators

2017 4th International Conference on Advanced Materials, Mechanics and Structural Engineering

材料科学;机械制造

Luo, B.^1 ; Chen, Z.^2

State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Structural Strength and Vibration, Xi'An Jiaotong University, Xi'an

710049, China^1

School of Mechanical Engineering, Shaoyang University, Shaoyang

422200, China^2

关键词: Deformation response;    Ionic polymer;    Palladium electrodes;    Preparation process;    Side-chains;    Soft robot;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/269/1/012014/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/269/1/012014

学科分类：材料科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Most ionic polymer mental composites employ Nafion as the polymer matrix, Aquivion can also manufactured as ionic polymer mental composite while research was little. This paper researched on two kinds of ionic polymer mental composite based on Aquivion and Nafion matrix with palladium electrode called Aquivion-IPMC and Nafion-IPMC. The samples were fabricated by the same preparation process. The current and deformation responses of the samples were measured at voltage to characterize the mechano-electrical properties. The experimental observations revealed that shorter flexible side chains in Aquivion-IPMC provide a larger force than Nafion-IPMC, while the displacement properties were similar in two different samples. The results also showed that Aquivion membrane can also replace Nafion to reproduce IPMC application in soft robots, MEMS, and so on.