From Event: SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation, 2019
With the advance of soft electronic industry, soft electro-ionic artificial muscles based on electro-active polymer have been actively investigated from the practical viewpoint. However, due to the few drawbacks of the soft electro-ionic artificial muscles, they have not yet been applied to the practical applications until know. Herein, we report soft electro-ionic artificial muscles based on three dimensional graphene-carbon nanotube-nickel nanostructures (G-CNT-Ni). The G-CNT-Ni were blended in both polymeric electrodes and ionic membranes to fabricate a strong and large-bending soft electro-ionic artificial muscle. Importantly, the G-CNT-Ni exhibited remarkable electrochemical reactivity due to the synergistic effects of large specific surface area, three-dimensionally networked structures, and no restacking phenomena. Moreover, reinforcement of the G-CNT-Ni makes significantly improved blocking force and bending actuation of soft electro-ionic artificial muscle. This investigation can opens up a new way to apply soft electro-ionic artificial muscles to practical applications in next-generation electronic devices.
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Jaehwan Kim and Il-Kwon Oh, "Carbon nanostructures-based soft electro-ionic artificial muscles (Conference Presentation)," Proc. SPIE 10969, Nano-, Bio-, Info-Tech Sensors and 3D Systems III, 109690Z (Presented at SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation: March 06, 2019; Published: 29 March 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2514192.6020108677001.