PMID- 20358922
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100519
LR  - 20190715
IS  - 1533-4880 (Print)
IS  - 1533-4880 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 5
DP  - 2010 May
TI  - Sulfonated poly(styrene-b-ethylene-co-butylene-b-styrene) and fullerene 
      composites for ionic polymer actuators.
PG  - 3203-6
AB  - Ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC) actuators employing sulfonated 
      poly(styrene-b-ethylene-co-butylene-b-styrene) (SSEBS) ionomer and fullerene-C60 
      composite membrane were developed. Due to the poor electroactive performance of 
      IPMC actuators employing pure SSEBS, fullerenes as the reinforcement agent are 
      incorporated. The bending responses under both direct current (DC) and 
      alternating current (AC) excitations were investigated. Compared with the 
      actuator based on pure SSEBS, the tip displacement of IPMC actuator based on 
      Fullerene-SSEBS composites has great improvement under DC excitations, and also 
      the responses are quick and harmonic under AC excitations. More meaningful 
      improvement is that Fullerene-SSEBS based IPMC actuators don't have back 
      relaxation towards the cathode under DC activation for a long time. SEM study was 
      carried out on the samples of Fullerene-SSEBS actuators. Platinum layers were 
      finely synthesized on the interfaces of Fullerene-SSEBS actuators. Present 
      results show that the fullerene, C60, can be successfully applied to reinforce 
      the electro-mechanical properties of the ionic polymer metal composite actuators.
FAU - Wang, Xuan-Lun
AU  - Wang XL
AD  - School of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 
      500-757, Korea.
FAU - Oh, Il-Kwon
AU  - Oh IK
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - J Nanosci Nanotechnol
JT  - Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology
JID - 101088195
EDAT- 2010/04/03 06:00
MHDA- 2010/04/03 06:01
CRDT- 2010/04/03 06:00
PHST- 2010/04/03 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/04/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/04/03 06:01 [medline]
AID - 10.1166/jnn.2010.2252 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2010 May;10(5):3203-6. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2010.2252.