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Improvement of Mechanical Properties of IPMC through Developing a Degree of Dispersion of SWCNT/Nafion Composite  

Kwon, Hui-June (동아대학교 기계공학과)
Kim, Ha-Na (동아대학교 기계공학과)
Kang, Jung-Ho (동아대학교 기계공학과)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers / v.10, no.5, 2011 , pp. 131-136 More about this Journal
Abstract
Many researchers are recently studying about Electroactive polymer(EAP). But it has a physical limitation, because of property of material. 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. This study focuses on the method of synthesis of CNT with Nafion which improves electro-mechanical characteristic. To come up with mechanical dispersion with Nafion and Isopropyl Alcohol(IPA), we dispersed Single-walled carbon nanotubes(SWCNTs). For a uniformly layer of CNT, we used a spray gun on a hot plate by a simplified method. We fabricated a disperse SWCNT/Nafion composite uniformly. Through the use of the E-beam evaporator to form an uniform electrode layer, we consummated the IPMC actuator. This result shows improving 1.5 times mechanical properties about driving force in IPMC.
Keywords
SSingle-Walled Carbon Nanotubes(SWCNT); Nafion; Ionic Polymer Metal Composite(IPMC); Nano-Composite Actuator;
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