PMID- 35664629
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220716
IS  - 2470-1343 (Electronic)
IS  - 2470-1343 (Linking)
VI  - 7
IP  - 21
DP  - 2022 May 31
TI  - Dendrite Growth and Performance of Self-Healing Composite Electrode IPMC Driven 
      by Cu(2).
PG  - 17575-17582
LID - 10.1021/acsomega.1c07319 [doi]
AB  - As a kind of flexible intelligent driving material, ionic polymer-metal composite 
      (IPMC) has attracted the attention of researchers due to its advantages of 
      lightweight, large deformation, and fast response. However, the reciprocating 
      bending of IPMC causes cracks to appear on the surface metal electrode layer and 
      reduces the water uptake (WUP). At the same time, the metal particles are 
      extruded, resulting in an increase in resistivity, which affects the driving 
      performance of the materials. Therefore, in this study, considering the 
      preparation cost, Cu-Pt-IPMC using Pt and Cu as a composite electrode with the 
      self-healing system was prepared by electroless plating and Cu(2+) was used as 
      driving ions that can form a reversible circulation system with a copper 
      electrode. The WUP, surface resistivity, and driving performance were tested and 
      analyzed and the surface roughness was characterized by Matlab. The results show 
      that the dendritic interface electrodes (DIEs) appear at the contact interface 
      between the metal electrode and the film, which extend deeper and wider in the 
      film with the increase in the cycles of autocatalytic platinum plating (ACP-Pt), 
      and the output displacement and blocking force of 61.20 mm and 34.26 mN, 
      respectively, have been achieved in the Cu-Pt-IPMC sample after three cycles of 
      ACP-Pt. Based on these analyses, this study proves that the presence of Cu(2+) 
      can repair the cracked electrode on the surface of IPMC and reduce the surface 
      electrode resistance, improving the driving performance.
CI  - (c) 2022 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society.
FAU - Li, Jiahua
AU  - Li J
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0170-6112
AD  - School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and 
      Technology, Xi'an 710054, China.
FAU - Tian, Aifen
AU  - Tian A
AD  - School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and 
      Technology, Xi'an 710054, China.
FAU - Wang, Xixi
AU  - Wang X
AD  - School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and 
      Technology, Xi'an 710054, China.
FAU - Zhai, Zhengxin
AU  - Zhai Z
AD  - School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and 
      Technology, Xi'an 710054, China.
FAU - Zhang, Xinrong
AU  - Zhang X
AD  - Key Laboratory of Expressway Construction Machinery of Shaanxi Province, Chang'an 
      University, Xi'an 710064, China.
FAU - Feng, Bin
AU  - Feng B
AD  - School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, 
      Xi'an 710054, China.
FAU - Yao, Shanshan
AU  - Yao S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2076-162X
AD  - Department of Mechanical Engineering, 161 Light Engineering, Stony Brook 
      University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States.
FAU - Du, Huiling
AU  - Du H
AD  - School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and 
      Technology, Xi'an 710054, China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220519
PL  - United States
TA  - ACS Omega
JT  - ACS omega
JID - 101691658
PMC - PMC9161267
COIS- The authors declare no competing financial interest.
EDAT- 2022/06/07 06:00
MHDA- 2022/06/07 06:01
PMCR- 2022/05/19
CRDT- 2022/06/06 14:16
PHST- 2021/12/28 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/05/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/06/06 14:16 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/06/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/06/07 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/05/19 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1021/acsomega.1c07319 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - ACS Omega. 2022 May 19;7(21):17575-17582. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.1c07319. 
      eCollection 2022 May 31.