Functionally antagonistic polyelectrolyte for electro-ionic soft actuator.

ABSTRACT: Electro-active ionic soft actuators have been intensively investigated as an artificial muscle for soft robotics due to their large bending deformations at low voltages, small electric power consumption, superior energy density, high safety and biomimetic self-sensing actuation. However, their slow responses, poor durability and low bandwidth, mainly resulting from improper distribution of ionic conducting phase in polyelectrolyte membranes, hinder practical applications to real fields. We report a procedure to synthesize efficient polyelectrolyte membranes that have continuous conducting network suitable for electro-ionic artificial muscles. This functionally antagonistic solvent procedure makes amphiphilic Nafion molecules to assemble into micelles with ionic surfaces enclosing non-condu

SUBMITTER: Nguyen VH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10781978 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature