PMID- 26176262
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20151216
LR  - 20150805
IS  - 1944-8252 (Electronic)
IS  - 1944-8244 (Linking)
VI  - 7
IP  - 30
DP  - 2015 Aug 5
TI  - Highly Enhanced Force Generation of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuators via 
      Thickness Manipulation.
PG  - 16659-67
LID - 10.1021/acsami.5b04296 [doi]
AB  - On purpose to enhance the generating force of ionic polymer-metal composite 
      (IPMC) actuators, the thickness of the ion-exchange membrane is manipulated in 
      two different ways. One is grafting poly(styrenesulfonic acid) onto 
      poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) films with varying thickness, 
      and the other is stacking pre-extruded Nafion films to thicker films by pressing 
      at high temperatures. For both groups of the membranes, ionic properties 
      including ion-exchange capacity and ionic conductivity are maintained similarly 
      inside the groups regardless of the thickness. The actuation tests clearly show 
      the increase in generating force with increasing thickness of the IPMCs prepared. 
      It is due to a larger bending stiffness of thicker IPMCs, which is consistent 
      with the predicted result from the cantilever beam model. The increase in force 
      is more remarkable in Nafion-stacked IPMCs, and a thick IPMC lifts a weight of 
      100 g, which far exceeds the reported values for IPMCs.
FAU - Park, Jong Hyuk
AU  - Park JH
AD  - daggerPhoto-Electronic Hybrids Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and 
      Technology, Seoul 136-791, Korea.
FAU - Lee, Sung Won
AU  - Lee SW
AD  - double daggerSchool of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 
      151-744, Korea.
FAU - Song, Dae Seok
AU  - Song DS
AD  - double daggerSchool of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 
      151-744, Korea.
FAU - Jho, Jae Young
AU  - Jho JY
AD  - double daggerSchool of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 
      151-744, Korea.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20150727
PL  - United States
TA  - ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
JT  - ACS applied materials & interfaces
JID - 101504991
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - actuator
OT  - electroactive polymer
OT  - force generation
OT  - ion-exchange membrane
OT  - ionic polymer-metal composite
OT  - thickness manipulation
EDAT- 2015/07/16 06:00
MHDA- 2015/07/16 06:01
CRDT- 2015/07/16 06:00
PHST- 2015/07/16 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/07/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/07/16 06:01 [medline]
AID - 10.1021/acsami.5b04296 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2015 Aug 5;7(30):16659-67. doi: 
      10.1021/acsami.5b04296. Epub 2015 Jul 27.