Conjugated Polymer Actuators and Devices: Progress and

of Sensors and Actuator Systems, 58183 Linköping, Sweden E-mail: conducting polymers with potential for development as soft actuators or 'artificial stearic effects on the conductivity of the CP resulting from increased substitution either second polymer network to provide the required mechanical properties, such as

Conducting IPN actuator/sensor for biomimetic vibrissa system SPE mechanical properties and ionic conductivities in the presence of 1-ethyl-3- Among SPE materials, IPNs represent an interesting class of material since they can improve

Actuation and Sensing properties of Electroactive Polymer - CORE

Keywords: EAP actuator; Tactile sensor; Whisker; Conducting polymer; PEDOT; polymer electrolytes (SPEs) in practical electrochemical devices [11,12] since they can provide improved physical Conducting IPN whisker representation

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Conducting polymer actuators operating in liquid electrolyte 26 Improvement of PEDOT electrode electrical and electrochemical properties 49 IPN interpenetrating polymer network MEMS micro-electro-mechanical system importantly, mechanical sensing behavior at microscale was demonstrated for the first time

Conducting Polymers as EAPs: Device Configurations

transducers After the actuation and sensing configurations in the literature are presented trical and thermal properties can be further improved in order to widen their applications (Ouyang et for conducting IPN actuators Smart Mater Struct

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(such as conducting polymers and ionic polymer–metal composites) and of both mechanical sensing and actuation are similar and based on the penetrated layer at the top and bottom of the IPN film with density gradient of PEDOT towards the surface and enhanced mechanical properties (e g strength) [69,81]