Development and Characterization of Single Wall Carbon Nanotube-Nafion Composite Actuators

B. J. Landi; R. P. Raffaelle; M. J. Heben; J. L. Alleman; W. VanDerveer; T. Gennett

doi:10.1016/j.mseb.2004.05.047

Development and Characterization of Single Wall Carbon Nanotube-Nafion Composite Actuators

B. J. Landi, R. P. Raffaelle, M. J. Heben, J. L. Alleman, W. VanDerveer, T. Gennett

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The development and characterization of thin film polymeric actuators has been performed for single wall carbon nanotube (SWNT)-Nafion composite systems. Previous work in our laboratory illustrated that incorporation of highly conductive SWNTs into an ionomeric matrix promoted an actuation response by enhancing the electro-osmotic effect at relatively low doping levels, ∼0.1% (w/w). Further investigation has shown the effects of frequency and applied voltage on the composite bimorph actuator systems. The results indicate a displacement response that is linearly dependent on voltage and inverse to frequency.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	359-362
Number of pages	4
Journal	Materials Science and Engineering: B
Volume	116
Issue number	3 SPEC.ISS.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2004.05.047 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2004.05.047
State	Published - 2005

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NREL/JA-590-38410

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Actuator
Nafion
SWNT

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