PMID- 25942807
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150528
LR  - 20190715
IS  - 1533-4899 (Electronic)
IS  - 1533-4880 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 10
DP  - 2014 Oct
TI  - Fabrication and characteristics of a multilayered ionic polymer metal composite 
      based on Nafion/tetraethyl orthosilicate and Nafion/MCNT nanocomposites.
PG  - 7445-50
AB  - Nafion/multi-walled carbon nanotubes (Nafion/MCNT) and Nafion/tetraethyl 
      orthosilicate (Nafion/TEOS) nanocomposites were prepared and used as starting 
      materials in the fabrication of an ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC). 
      Experimental data show that the Nafion/MCNT-based IPMC exhibited a blocking force 
      that is two times higher than that of bare Nafion-based IPMC. This higher 
      blocking force is due to the stable homogeneous dispersions of multiwalled carbon 
      nanotubes as well as to their improved conductivity. Meanwhile, the 
      Nafion/TEOS-based IPMC generated a blocking force that is more than two times 
      higher than that of bare Nafion-based IPMC because of the induced channels and 
      increased water content. In this paper, a novel Nafion membrane containing a 
      primary Nafion/TEOS layer sandwiched between two outer Nafion/MCNT nanocomposite 
      layers was prepared by consecutive casting of liquid solutions. By using the 
      multilayered Nafion membrane, IPMC was carefully fabricated by electroless 
      plating. In addition, the blocking force, displacement, and electric current of 
      the IPMC were measured on the test apparatus. The multilayered IPMC exhibited a 
      significantly improved blocking force of 6.5 gf as well as a long effective 
      air-operating life time. Finally, this multilayered IPMC was successfully used to 
      actuate the robotic fish.
FAU - He, Qing-Song
AU  - He QS
FAU - Yu, Min
AU  - Yu M
FAU - Ding, Yan
AU  - Ding Y
FAU - Dai, Zhen-Dong
AU  - Dai ZD
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- 2015/05/07 06:00
MHDA- 2015/05/07 06:01
CRDT- 2015/05/07 06:00
PHST- 2015/05/07 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/05/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/05/07 06:01 [medline]
AID - 10.1166/jnn.2014.9550 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2014 Oct;14(10):7445-50. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2014.9550.