The Fully Plastic Actuators Based on Cnt/pvdf-ctfe Composites with Corrugated Surfaces
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The fully plastic ionic polymer actuators based on Poly (vinylidenefluoridetrifluoroethylenechlorotrifluoroethylene) PVDF-CTFE polymer were investigated. The actuator consists of a high conductive electrolyte layer containing EMI-TF ionic liquid sandwiched between two CNT/polymer electrodes. To reduce the modulus of the CNT electrodes and hence enhance the actuation performance of the actuator, we hot embossing corrugate microstructures on these two electrode surfaces. The electroactive behaviors of the actuators are reported. Also an optimized ion content was found to have the fast strain speed and the highest strain up to 1.8% under 3.5V.
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