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Fully Plastic Actuator through Layer‐by‐Layer Casting with Ionic‐Liquid‐Based Bucky Gel
Author(s) -
Fukushima Takanori,
Asaka Kinji,
Kosaka Atsuko,
Aida Takuzo
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200462318
Subject(s) - actuator , fabrication , layer (electronics) , electrolyte , ionic liquid , materials science , casting , layer by layer , electrode , nanotechnology , carbon fibers , composite material , chemical engineering , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , chemistry , engineering , organic chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , composite number , catalysis
Liquid films : Ionic liquids containing dispersed single‐walled carbon nanotubes (bucky gels), allow the first layer‐by‐layer casting fabrication of a fully plastic actuator. This actuator adopts a simple three‐layered configuration of soft electrodes and electrolyte layers (see picture) and can operate in air at low voltages.