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Preparation and electrodeformation of silicone dielectric elastomers containing poly(propylene glycol diacetate) with different molecular weights
Author(s) -
Wang Gen Lin,
Zhang Yi Yang,
Zhang Jie,
Ding Ke Hong,
Wang Zhi Feng,
Zhang Ming
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.45329
Subject(s) - materials science , elastomer , dielectric , polymer chemistry , silicone , composite material , polyvinyl alcohol , acetic anhydride , polydimethylsiloxane , organic chemistry , chemistry , optoelectronics , catalysis
In this study, poly(propylene glycol diacetate)s (PPGDAs) with different molecular weights were obtained by the esterification reaction of poly(propylene glycol) and acetic anhydride. We effectively reduced the residual moisture and hydrophilicity of PPGDA. Then, poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) was modified by the addition of only 5 wt % PPGDA, which possessed a high dielectric constant ( k ) and a large actuated strain at a low electric field. PPGDA was used to enhance the molecular polarity because of the more polar oxygen atoms and the greater number of ester groups. The great increase in k and the low elastic modulus of the PPGDA–PDMS composites lead to a great increase in the electromechanical sensitivity. When the molecular weight of PPGDA was about 4000, the PPGDA–PDMS composites had the largest actuated strain. As a result, compared to the pure silicone elastomer (8.94%), it exhibited a greater strain of 17.31% at a low electric field of 10.5 V/μm (an increase of ca. 1.94 times). © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2017 , 134 , 45329.