• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.610-611
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• 2009

• Composites Research
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.289-294
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• 2013

고분자 기지에 희석제의 첨가로 CNT 및 CB 입자의 분산성 향상 및 연질의 전극을 만들고자하였다. 희석제, CNT 및 CB 함유량에 따른 연질 전극재료의 전기적 및 기계적 특성을 평가하였다. 전극재료로서 최적의 혼합조건은 기지 (KE-12)를 기본으로 희석제 80, CNT 3.5 그리고 CB 18 (phr)이었다. 이때의 비저항 값은 73 (${\Omega}{\cdot}cm$)이었고, 인장강도와 인장탄성율 그리고 신장율은 각각 0.45 MPa, 0.21 MPa, 184%였다. 또한 최적화된 전극과 탄성체를 이용하여 간단한 구조의 구동기를 제작하여 그 특성을 평가하였다. 작동 전압 25 kV에서 탄성체 KE-12는 2.24 mm의 변위가 발생되었고, 희석제가 50 (phr) 혼합된 KE-12는 4.05mm의 변위가 발생되었다. 희석제 50 (phr) 혼합된 KE-12는 3M의 4910과 같은 탄성계수를 나타내지만, 더 높은 변위를 보였다. 동일한 재료 (KE-12)의 전극과 탄성체로 제작된 구동기는 피로수명 및 응용에 많은 장점이 있을 것으로 보인다.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.276-279
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• 2011

약밀려남/잡아당김/급냉각의 연속적인 압출 공정을 이용하여 대면적 불화 고분자 막을 제작하였다. 제안한 방법으로 형성된 불화 고분자 박막은 $C_i=2.9\;nF/cm^2$의 전기용량밀도가 측정되었고, 1kHz에서의 ${\varepsilon}_r$=56의 높은 유전상수를 나타내었다. $1.5406{\AA}$의 파장에서 Bruker AXS X-ray 회절분석기를 통해 $18.0^{\circ}$에서 최고점을 나타내어 전기변형 성능에 적합한 ${\beta}$ 상태를 확인하였다. 본 연구는 넓은 면적의 인공근육에 응용 가능한 전기변형 불화고분자막의 새로운 박막 형성 기술로 이용될 수 있다.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.131-136
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• 2011

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.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.1347-1352
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• 2011

Recently, as the aged population grows around the world, many medical instruments, devices, and their fabrication processes are developing. Among the devices, a drug delivery stent is a good example for precision machining. Conventional drug delivery stent has problem of the remaining polymer because the drug is coated on the surface with it. If the drug is impregnated into the micro hole array on the stent surface, the polymer can be perfectly eliminated. Micro sized holes are generally fabricated by laser machining however, the fabricated holes do not have an enough aspect ratio to contain the drug or a good surface finish to deliver the stend to blood vessel tissue. To overcome these problems, we propose a vibration-assisted machining mechanism with PZT (Piezoelectric Transducers) for abrication of micro sized holes better. The results indicated that the burr size can be significantly decreased with vibration assisted in nanosecond pulse laser drilling test.

• 폴리머
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.468-476
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• 2002

순수한 PAN 섬유의 예비산화와 가수분해의 과정을 통하여 제조된 oxy-PAN은 염기와 산용액에 담그었을 때 신장과 수축 거동을 보임이 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는, 염기 (NaOH) 용매에서 약 30%의 신장과 산 (HCl) 용매에서 30∼50%의 수축 거동을 관찰하였다. 기계적 특성에 대한 실험에서, oxy-PAN 섬유가 수축되었을 때 향상된 기계적 특성을 나타내었다. 이러한 거동과 기계적 특성은 인체의 근육과 선형 구동체의 그것들과 유사하였다. NaOH와 HCl 용액에서 oxy-PAN 섬유의 길이가 변화하는 중요한 요인으로는 친수화 또는 소수화 구조의 전환에 의한 영향이다. 다른 요인으로는 oxy-PAN 섬유와 용액간의 이온과 물의 교환, 이온의 농도차에 의한 삼투압 등이 영향을 준다. Oxy-PAN 섬유의 신장 및 수축과 기계적 특성에 영향을 미치는 여러 가지 요인들을 규명하기 위한 보다 많은 연구가 필요하지만, 본 연구실에서 제조된 oxy-PAN 섬유가 인공 근육 및 선형 구동체로 적용될 수 있는 충분한 가능성이 있음을 제시한다.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2005년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.723-726
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• 2005

The two major obstacles in the application of IPMC to flapping actuators operated in the air are solvent loss and actuation force. In this paper, solvent loss of various IPMCs made of Nafion$^{TM}$117(183$\mu$m thickness) has been experimentally investigated to find out the best combination of cation and solvent for minimal solvent loss in IPMCs and higher actuation force. For this purpose. experiments for the internal solvent loss measurement of IMPCs have been conducted for various combinations of cation and solvent. From the experiments, it was found that heavy water showed improvement in the operating time up to more than two minutes. in the tip force measurement of IPMCs, it was found that smaller and thicker IPMCs produced larger tip forces. However, the shorter IPMCs generated reduced actuation displacements and created flapping motion with decreased natural frequency. For the design of flapping device actuated by 5mm wide, 10mm long, 0.2mm thick IPMCs were used in the stacked form. Since the actuation force is a few gram-force, we stacked five IPMCs to improve actuation force. To amply the actuation force, rack-and-pin ion type hinge was used for the flapping device and insect (Cicadidae) wing was attached to the stacked IPMC actuator. In the flapping test, the device could generate flapping angle of 15$^{\circ}$ at 6Hz excitation by 2.5 voltage square wave input.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2004년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.285-290
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• 2004

Electro-active polymer, one of smart materials, is a new alternative technology, which can get an ultra precision movements and bio-compatibilty. This paper presents the relationship between elastic modulus and maximum deflection as a key property of maxwell stress effects and also presents the relationship between dielectric constant and maximum deflection as a key property of electro-striction effects in disc-type actuators using segmented PU. To induce equation about distributed load of a disc, we use boundary condition of fully clamped circular plate and to obtain design parameters of a micro-fluidics system, CFD simulation is performed.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.144-151
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• 2003

IPMC(Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite) is promising candidate material for bio-related actuators mainly due to its biocompatibility and wet and soft properties. The widely used commercialized Nafion film has a few kinds of fixed thicknesses but more various film thicknesses are required for extensive applications. Especially for the enhanced force as an actuator, the thick film is essential. Various Nafion films with thickness of 0.4-1.2mm have been prepared by casting of liquid Nafion. Also, IPMC actuators using casted Nafion films have been fabricated and the basic mechanical properties such as stiffness, displacement and force were measured and analyzed. These results can be used for the optimized design of actuators for different applications.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제51권12호
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• pp.601-607
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• 2002

IPMC(Ionic Polymer Metal Composite)actuators were optimized for producing improved forces by changing multiple parameters including repetition of number of plating, surface electroding and additive(PVP)-treatment on reduction. The platinum electrode is deposited on the surface of the material where platinum particle stay in a dense form that appears to introduce a significant level of surface electrode resistance. Actuation tests were performed for such IPMC actuators under a low voltage. The test results show that the lower surface-electrode resistance generates higher actuation capability in the IPMC actuators. In order to investigate relaxation behavior of bending and repeatability in dry condition, the IPMC was coated by$rubber(KRATON^{TM})$to minimize the effect of water evaporation from IPMC. This actuator can be used in air with surface coating to avoid membrane drying.