PMID- 35012104
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240405
IS  - 2073-4360 (Electronic)
IS  - 2073-4360 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 1
DP  - 2021 Dec 26
TI  - Performance Enhancement of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuators with 
      Polyethylene Oxide.
LID - 10.3390/polym14010080 [doi]
LID - 80
AB  - Current ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC) always proves inadequate in terms of 
      large attenuation and short working time in air due to water leakage. To address 
      this problem, a feasible and effective solution was proposed in this study to 
      enhance IPMC performance operating in air by doping polyethylene oxide (PEO) with 
      superior water retention capacity into Nafion membrane. The investigation of 
      physical characteristics of membranes blended with varying PEO contents revealed 
      that PEO/Nafion membrane with 20 wt% PEO exhibited a homogeneous internal 
      structure and a high water uptake ratio. At the same time, influences of PEO 
      contents on electromechanical properties of IPMCs were studied, showing that the 
      IPMCs with 20 wt% PEO presented the largest peak-to-peak displacement, the 
      highest volumetric work density, and prolonged stable working time. It was 
      demonstrated that doping PEO reinforced electromechanical performances and 
      restrained displacement attenuation of the resultant IPMC.
FAU - Zhao, Dongxu
AU  - Zhao D
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3242-572X
AD  - College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural 
      University, Hohhot 010018, China.
FAU - Ru, Jie
AU  - Ru J
AD  - Key Laboratory of Green and Precise Synthetic Chemistry and Applications, 
      Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Huaibei Normal 
      University, Huaibei 235000, China.
FAU - Wang, Tong
AU  - Wang T
AD  - College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light 
      Industry, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
FAU - Wang, Yanjie
AU  - Wang Y
AD  - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Special Robot Technology, Hohai University-Changzhou, 
      Changzhou 213022, China.
FAU - Chang, Longfei
AU  - Chang L
AD  - Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Aerospace Structural Parts Forming Technology 
      and Equipment, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China.
LA  - eng
GR  - NDYB2018-17/High-level Talent Scientific Research Project of Inner Mongolia 
      Agricultural University/
GR  - B200202179/Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities/
GR  - 2019B21514/Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities/
GR  - PA2020GDSK0074/Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities/
GR  - 51975184/National Natural Science Foundation of China/
GR  - 2019BS05002/Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of 
      China/
GR  - 18A416001/Key Scientific Research Project of Colleges and Universities in Henan 
      Province/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20211226
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Polymers (Basel)
JT  - Polymers
JID - 101545357
PMC - PMC8747705
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - electromechanical properties
OT  - ionic polymer-metal composite
OT  - polyethylene oxide
OT  - polyethylene oxide content
OT  - water content
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/01/12 06:00
MHDA- 2022/01/12 06:01
PMCR- 2021/12/26
CRDT- 2022/01/11 01:16
PHST- 2021/08/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/12/21 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/12/22 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/01/11 01:16 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/01/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/01/12 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/12/26 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - polym14010080 [pii]
AID - polymers-14-00080 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/polym14010080 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Polymers (Basel). 2021 Dec 26;14(1):80. doi: 10.3390/polym14010080.