ISSN:
1013-9826
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
[removed info]Electro-Active Paper (EAPap) materials based on cellulose are attractive for manyapplications because of their low voltage operation, lightweight, dryness, low power consumption,bio-degradability. The construction of EAPap actuator has been achieved using the cellulose paperfilm coated with thin gold electrode layers. This actuator showed a reversible and reproduciblebending movement. In order to improve both force and displacement of this, efforts are made toconstruct hybrid EAPap actuators using cellulose paper coated with carbon nanotubes (CNT). Tocoat the CNT, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes(MWCNT) are dispersed in polyaniline (PANI) matrix, and the solution is coated on the EAPap byusing a spin coater. It is expected that the use of CNT can improve the force output by enhancingthe stiffness of the hybrid EAPap actuator. Furthermore, the presence of the PANI may improve theactuation performance of the EAPap material. The performance of hybrid EAPap actuators is testedin an environmental chamber in terms of free displacement, blocked force and electrical powerconsumption. The performance of hybrid actuators is investigated for bio-mimetic applications
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/01/52/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FKEM.324-325.843.pdf
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