PMID- 28841281 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20180730 LR - 20180730 IS - 1944-8252 (Electronic) IS - 1944-8244 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 36 DP - 2017 Sep 13 TI - Formation and Characterization of Dendritic Interfacial Electrodes inside an Ionomer. PG - 30258-30262 LID - 10.1021/acsami.7b08012 [doi] AB - Formation of dendritic interfacial electrodes (DIEs) between metal/polymer interfaces has high demands in a variety of areas. By combining impregnation electroplating (IEP) step with impregnation-reduction (IR) step under straightforward conditions, we report a novel method of preparation of dendritic interfacial metal electrodes of palladium, platinum, silver and copper inside an ionomer for ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMC) application. The depth of palladium DIEs can be controlled by adjusting the reaction time, and the maximum depth can almost reach up to contact from the both sides of ionomer with a total thickness of 200 mum. The capacitance and actuation performance of IPMC was dramatically enhanced because of the presence of DIEs. FAU - Wang, Yanjie AU - Wang Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0475-3769 AD - School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Hohai University, Changzhou Campus , Changzhou 213022, People's Republic of China. FAU - Liu, Jiayu AU - Liu J AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States. FAU - Zhu, Yetao AU - Zhu Y AD - School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Hohai University, Changzhou Campus , Changzhou 213022, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhu, Denglin AU - Zhu D AD - School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Hohai University, Changzhou Campus , Changzhou 213022, People's Republic of China. FAU - Chen, Hualing AU - Chen H AD - School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an 710049, People's Republic of China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170829 PL - United States TA - ACS Appl Mater Interfaces JT - ACS applied materials & interfaces JID - 101504991 OTO - NOTNLM OT - actuation OT - capacitance OT - dendritic interfacial electrodes (DIEs) OT - ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMC) OT - ionomer OT - stiffness EDAT- 2017/08/26 06:00 MHDA- 2017/08/26 06:01 CRDT- 2017/08/26 06:00 PHST- 2017/08/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/08/26 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2017/08/26 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acsami.7b08012 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2017 Sep 13;9(36):30258-30262. doi: 10.1021/acsami.7b08012. Epub 2017 Aug 29.