Flemion-based actuator with ionic liquid as solvent

Jin Wang; Chunye Xu; Minoru Taya; Yasuo Kuga

doi:10.1117/12.658548

17 March 2006 Flemion-based actuator with ionic liquid as solvent

Jin Wang, Chunye Xu, Minoru Taya, Yasuo Kuga

Proceedings Volume 6168, Smart Structures and Materials 2006: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD); 61680R (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.658548
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A perfluorinated carboxylic acid membrane, i.e. Flemion, shows improved performance as actuator material compared with Nafion (perfluorinated sulfonic acide). Flemion has a higher ion exchange capacity and good mechanical strength. Especially, Flemion will deform with no back relaxation when applied electrical stimulus. However, with water as solvent, the operation of Flemion in air has serious problems. Since water would evaporate quickly in air. Moreover, the electrochemical stability for use in water is around 1V at room temperature. In previous work, investigations on Nafion with ionic liquid as solvents have been carried out and good results have been obtained. In this work, we explore the use of highly stable ionic liquid instead of water as solvent in Flemion. Experimental results indicate that Flemion based actuators with ionic liquid as solvent have improved stability as compared to the water samples. Although the forces exhibited by Flemion based actuators with the use of ionic liquid decreased dramatically as compared to water, these preliminary results suggest a good potential for use of Flemion with ionic liquid in some applications.

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Jin Wang, Chunye Xu, Minoru Taya, and Yasuo Kuga "Flemion-based actuator with ionic liquid as solvent", Proc. SPIE 6168, Smart Structures and Materials 2006: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD), 61680R (17 March 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.658548

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