A Conducting Polymer Artificial Muscle with 12 % Linear Strain
- 17 February 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Advanced Materials
- Vol. 15 (4) , 310-313
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200390075
Abstract
A soft polymer actuatorhas been constructed based on the volume change of a conducting polymer. The linear expansion (12 % at a load of 0.5 MPa) is the highest yet reported for a centimeter‐scale conducting polymer actuator. This is achieved by controlling the structure on several length scales: Choice of molecular structure, synthesis from a structured medium, and forming the polymer actuator on a compliant, microstructured gold electrode.Keywords
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