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SWCNT/Nafion Composite Development for Improvement of Mechanical Properties of IPMC  

Kwon, Hui-June (동아대학교 기계공학부)
Lee, Heon-Sang (동아대학교 화학공학부)
Lee, Jung-Hwa (동아대학교 기계공학부)
Jun, Chan-Bong (동아대학교 기계공학부)
Kang, Jung-Ho (동아대학교 기계공학과)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers / v.10, no.1, 2011 , pp. 47-53 More about this Journal
Abstract
From recent research, it has revealed that Electroacitve polymer(EAP) has a physical limitation. Carbon nanotube(CNT) is known as the promising material which has excellent electro-mechanical characteristics and is mostly defect-free. It is expected that a successful synthesis of CNT and Nafion known as a primary material for IPMC would make a great improvement on its electro-mechanic feature. In this paper, we suggest the method of synthesis of CNT with Nafion which improves electro-mechanical characteristic. Using mechanical dispersion with Nafion and Isopropyl Alcohol(IPA), we disperse Single-walled carbon nanotubes(SWCNT). For a uniformly layer of CNT, we used a spray gun on a hot plate by a simplified method. In the result, we fabricated a disperse SWCNT/Nafion composite uniformly.
Keywords
Single-walled carbon nanotubes; Nafion; IPMC; Nano-composite actuator; Mechanical properties;
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