Fast fully plastic actuator based on ionic-liquid-based bucky gel

Kinji Asaka; Ken Mukai; Ichiroh Takeuchi; Kenji Kiyohara; Takushi Sugino; Naohiro Terasawa; Kenji Hata; Takanori Fukushima; Takuzo Aida

doi:10.1117/12.794503

4 September 2008 Fast fully plastic actuator based on ionic-liquid-based bucky gel

Kinji Asaka, Ken Mukai, Ichiroh Takeuchi, Kenji Kiyohara, Takushi Sugino, Naohiro Terasawa, Kenji Hata, Takanori Fukushima, Takuzo Aida

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Proceedings Volume 7037, Carbon Nanotubes and Associated Devices; 703710 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.794503
Event: NanoScience + Engineering, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In previous papers, we reported the first dry actuator that can be fabricated simply by layer-by-layer casting, using 'bucky gel', a gelatinous room-temperature ionic liquid containing single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). The actuator has a bimorph configuration with a polymer-supported internal ionic liquid electrolyte layer sandwiched by polymer-supported bucky-gel electrode layers, which allow quick and long-lived operation in air at low applied voltages. In this paper, some of the recent developments of the actuator performance are reported.

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Kinji Asaka, Ken Mukai, Ichiroh Takeuchi, Kenji Kiyohara, Takushi Sugino, Naohiro Terasawa, Kenji Hata, Takanori Fukushima, and Takuzo Aida "Fast fully plastic actuator based on ionic-liquid-based bucky gel", Proc. SPIE 7037, Carbon Nanotubes and Associated Devices, 703710 (4 September 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.794503

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