Preparation and Characterization of Electroactive Acrylic Polymer-Platinum Composites

Han Mo Jeong; Sung Min Woo; Hyun Soo Kim; Byung Kyu Kim; Ju Hyun Bang; Sukmin Lee; Mu Seong Mun

Macromolecular Research, Vol.12, No.6, 593-597, December, 2004

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Preparation and Characterization of Electroactive Acrylic Polymer-Platinum Composites

Han Mo Jeong^†, Sung Min Woo, Hyun Soo Kim, Byung Kyu Kim¹, Ju Hyun Bang¹, Sukmin Lee², and Mu Seong Mun²

Department of Chemistry, University of Ulsan, san 29, Muger 2, Ulsan 680-749, Korea
¹Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, 30 Jangjeon, Geumjeong, Busan 609-735, Korea
²Korea Orthopedics & Rehabilitation Engineering Center (KOREC), 47-3 Kusan, Bupyung, Incheon 403-120, Korea

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A new ionomeric polymer-metal composite (IPMC) was prepared using a cast membrane of acrylic copolymer, which was synthesized by radical copolymerization of fluoroalkyl acrylate and acrylic acid (AA). To examine its performance as a new electroactive polymer, the current and displacement responses to a step voltage applied across the IPMC were measured. The largest responses were observed when the AA content in the copolymer was 10.6 wt%.

Keywords:acrylic copolymer;bending deformation;current;ionomeric polymer-metal composite;morphology.

[References]

Y. Bar-Cohen (Editor), Electroactive Polymer (EAP) Actuators as Artificial muscles, SPIE Press, Washington (2001)
Watanabe M, Suzuki M, Hirako Y, Shirai H, Hirai T, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 79(6), 1121 (2001)
Shahinpoor M, Kim KJ, Smart Mater. Struct., 10, 819 (2001)
Abe Y, Mochizuki A, Kawashima T, Yamashita S, Asaka K, Oguro K, Polym. Adv. Technol., 9, 520 (1998)
Nemat-Nasser S, Li JY, J. Appl. Phys., 87, 3321 (2000)
Heitnerwirguin C, J. Membr. Sci., 120(1), 1 (1996)
Li JY, Nemat-Nasser S, Mechan. Mater., 32, 303 (2000)
Kim SO, Kim JS, Macromol. Res., 10(3), 174 (2002)
Shahinpoor M, Kim KJ, Smart Mater. Struct., 9, 543 (2000)
Oguro K, Fujiwara N, Asaka K, Onishi K, Sewa S, Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 3669(Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices), 64 (1999)
Kim KJ, Shahinpoor M, Polymer, 43(3), 797 (2002)
Rashid T, Shahinpoor M, Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., 3669(Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices), 289 (1999)
Asaka K, Oguro K, Nishimura Y, Mizuhata M, Takenaka H, Polym. J., 27, 436 (1995)
Jeong HM, Kim HS, Lee S, Jung SH, Mun MS, in preparation.

[Referenced By]

[1] Y. Bar-Cohen (Editor), Electroactive Polymer (EAP) Actuators as Artificial muscles, SPIE Press, Washington (2001)

[2] Watanabe M, Suzuki M, Hirako Y, Shirai H, Hirai T, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 79(6), 1121 (2001)

[3] Shahinpoor M, Kim KJ, Smart Mater. Struct., 10, 819 (2001)

[4] Abe Y, Mochizuki A, Kawashima T, Yamashita S, Asaka K, Oguro K, Polym. Adv. Technol., 9, 520 (1998)

[5] Nemat-Nasser S, Li JY, J. Appl. Phys., 87, 3321 (2000)

[6] Heitnerwirguin C, J. Membr. Sci., 120(1), 1 (1996)

[7] Li JY, Nemat-Nasser S, Mechan. Mater., 32, 303 (2000)

[8] Kim SO, Kim JS, Macromol. Res., 10(3), 174 (2002)

[9] Shahinpoor M, Kim KJ, Smart Mater. Struct., 9, 543 (2000)

[10] Oguro K, Fujiwara N, Asaka K, Onishi K, Sewa S, Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 3669(Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices), 64 (1999)

[11] Kim KJ, Shahinpoor M, Polymer, 43(3), 797 (2002)

[12] Rashid T, Shahinpoor M, Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., 3669(Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices), 289 (1999)

[13] Asaka K, Oguro K, Nishimura Y, Mizuhata M, Takenaka H, Polym. J., 27, 436 (1995)

[14] Jeong HM, Kim HS, Lee S, Jung SH, Mun MS, in preparation.