Fullerene reinforced ionic polymer transducer

J. H. Jung; T. H. Cheng; I. K. Oh

doi:10.1117/12.843414

20 October 2009 Fullerene reinforced ionic polymer transducer

J. H. Jung, T. H. Cheng, I. K. Oh

Proceedings Volume 7493, Second International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering; 74930R (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.843414
Event: Second International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, 2009, Weihai, China

Abstract

Novel fullerene reinforced nano-composite transducers based on nafion were developed inorder to improve the ionic polymer metal composite transducer. The fullerene reinforced nano-composite membranes were fabricated by recasting method with 0.1 and 0.5 weight percentage of a Fullerenes. Stress-Strain tests showed tremendous increase in stiffness and modulus of the nano-composite membranes even at these minute concentrations of Fullerenes. Ionic exchange capacity analysis and proton conductivity test were performed to calculate the electrical property of the composite films. Water uptake was measured to understand the liquid adsorbing characteristics of the membranes. Also, tip displacement of the nano-composite membrane transducer was investigated under AC excitations with various magnitudes and frequencies. Furthermore, the generated energy was measured from external sinusoidal physical input vibration with several displacements and frequencies by using a mechanical shaker. As a result, the fullerene reinforced nanocomposite membrane based on nafion shows higher stiffness and Young's modulus than that of pure nafion membrane. Also, the nano-composite membrane had better water uptake and proton conductivity than the pure membrane. Fullerene reinforced nano-composite membrane transducer actuates to a much larger deformations than pure nafion membrane transducer. The developed membrane transducer dissipates more energy from the physical input vibration than that of unfilled(or virgin) Nafion membrane transducer.

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J. H. Jung, T. H. Cheng, and I. K. Oh "Fullerene reinforced ionic polymer transducer", Proc. SPIE 7493, Second International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, 74930R (20 October 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.843414

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