Soft actuators based on conducting polymers: recent progress

Keiichi Kaneto; H. Somekawa; Wataru Takashima

doi:10.1117/12.484716

28 July 2003 Soft actuators based on conducting polymers: recent progress

Keiichi Kaneto, H. Somekawa, Wataru Takashima

Proceedings Volume 5051, Smart Structures and Materials 2003: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD); (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.484716
Event: Smart Structures and Materials, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Deformations of conducting polymer films, such as polyaniline, polypyrrole and polythiophene, induced by electrochemical oxidation and reduction are presented and discussed in terms of the mechanisms. Soft actuators with variety of motions such as bending stick, breathing ring and shouting lip utilizing polypyrrole films are demonstrated. A new operation method is proposed using electrodeposited polypyrrole films.

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Keiichi Kaneto, H. Somekawa, and Wataru Takashima "Soft actuators based on conducting polymers: recent progress", Proc. SPIE 5051, Smart Structures and Materials 2003: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD), (28 July 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.484716

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