Electro-activity of electro-spun IPMC and cast IPMC

Danyu Liu; Guifen Gong; Yujun Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.839489

20 October 2009 Electro-activity of electro-spun IPMC and cast IPMC

Danyu Liu, Guifen Gong, Yujun Zhang

Proceedings Volume 7493, Second International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering; 74930O (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.839489
Event: Second International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, 2009, Weihai, China

Abstract

The cast and electro-spun membranes of EVOH-g-nSPEG were prepared by solution cast method and electro-spun method respectively. The cast membrane Ionomer/Metal composites (IPMC) and electro-spun membrane IPMC were prepared by penetration-reduction process. The micro-morphology of these two IPMCs was studied by scanning electron microscope (SEM). The surface resistance (R_S) and critical response voltage (U_R) of IPMC electrode were tested and calculated by four electrode structure method and intercept method. And the bending stress of IPMC was tested by electro-deformation experiment. The results indicated that the surface of cast membrane IPMC had better smoothness and compactness than that of electro-spun one. The electro-spun membrane possessed compact surface and loose internal structure. The U_R for electro-spun membrane IPMC was lower than that of cast one. And the U_R for both IPMCs increased with the R_S increasing when tested with the same membrane structure and metal electrode. The cast membrane IPMC had higher bending stress with the maximum value being 4.75MPa while being only 0.66MPa for electro-spun membranes.

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Danyu Liu, Guifen Gong, and Yujun Zhang "Electro-activity of electro-spun IPMC and cast IPMC", Proc. SPIE 7493, Second International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, 74930O (20 October 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.839489

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