Preparation and Characterizing of PANI/PDMS Elastomer for Artificial Muscles

5th Annual International Conference on Material Science and Environmental Engineering

材料科学;生态环境科学

Zhang, Yiyang^1 ; Zhang, Jie^2 ; Wang, Genlin^2 ; Zhang, Ming^2 ; Luo, Zhiwei^1

Graduate School of System Informatics, Kobe University, Kobe

657-8501, Japan^1

College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou

225002, China^2

关键词: Artificial muscle;    Conductive polyaniline;    Dielectric elastomers;    Dipole polarization;    Electron polarization;    Soft actuators;    Solution blending;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/301/1/012165/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/301/1/012165

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

A dielectric elastomer has been synthesized using organic soluble PANI and PDMS through solution blending method for applications as artificial muscles. The dielectric constant of PANI/PDMS composite reached 4.82 with a filling amount of 0.8 wt.%, which was 2.24 times of pure silicone, due to the dipole polarization in matrix network and electron polarization in conductive polyaniline. The actuated strain of 0.8w.t % PANI/PDMS was 16.57% compared to 8.52% of pure silicone at an electric field of 10V/μm, and can be applied as a soft actuator.