Fabrication and Thermo-Mechanical Analysis of Pure Silver-Electrode Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite (IPMC) Actuator

Dillip Kumar Biswal; Dibakar Bandopadhya; Santosha Kumar Dwivedy

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.110-116.1199

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Fabrication and Thermo-Mechanical Analysis of Pure Silver-Electrode Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite (IPMC) Actuator

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Till to date, fabrication of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites (IPMC) are carried out successfully using noble metal such as platinum/gold as the surface electrode. In this work we have proposed cost effective fabrication method for IPMC actuator using non-precious metal electrode of silver (Ag). Chemical decomposition method is followed using Nafion as the ion exchange membrane to fabricate pure Ag-electrode IPMC. Microscopic and morphological analyses reveal that, silver particles penetrate well through the surface of Nafion membrane. The bending deformation measurement and analysis of the thermo-mechanical properties of the fabricated IPMC is carried out. The experiment results and performance of the IPMC actuator confirm that the fabrication of pure Ag-IPMC is feasible and can be used as artificial muscle material.

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Dillip Kumar Biswal, Dibakar Bandopadhya, Santosha Kumar Dwivedy

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Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite (IPMC), Nafion, Silver Electrode, Thermo-Mechanical Analysis (TMA)

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