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Electroactive polymers(EAPs)
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Ionic polymer-metal composites
▶ Ionic electroactive polymers
▶ Composed of ionic polymer plated with metal electrodes
▷ Ionic polymer : carbon backbone + fixed anions + movable cations
▷ Various movable cations in IPMCs : H+, Li+, Na+ …
▷ Metal : noble metal by electro-less impregnation-reduction (IR) plating
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Fabrication of IPMC using the autocatalytic electroless plating of nickel
▶ The IPMC actuators with the optimized 10 hrs nucleation time show almost two times larger displacement than those with 5 min nucleation time
▶ Reduction of processing time of the Ni-IPMC actuators without deteriorating performance of the IPMC actuators
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Poster
Suran Kim et al., Fabrication and characterization of ionic polymer metal composite actuators using auto-catalytic electroless plating, MRS spring, USA (2014)
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