Song, Dae Seok Cho, Hwa-Yeon Yoon, Bye-Ri Jho, Jae Young Park, Jong Hyuk 2024-01-20T02:04:33Z 2024-01-20T02:04:33Z 2021-09-01 2017-02 1598-5032 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/123115 To develop air-operating conducting polymer (CP) actuators with enhanced performance, polymer electrolyte membranes with high ionic conductivity and mechanical endurance are necessary. Poly(ethylene oxide) oligomers penetrate into porous poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes and sequentially undergo crosslinking to produce polymer electrolyte membranes. The properties of the electrolyte membranes are regulated by varying the degree of crosslinking. Polypyrrole layers are constructed on the surfaces of the membranes by chemical polymerization, creating CP actuators. CP actuators based on the resulting polymer electrolyte membranes operate properly in air and show highly enhanced performance such as a large displacement and long operation time. This approach, therefore, has great potential to extend the applications of CP actuators. English POLYMER SOC KOREA METAL COMPOSITE ACTUATORS HIGH IONIC-CONDUCTIVITY POLYMER ELECTROLYTES NETWORK LIQUID Air-operating polypyrrole actuators based on poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes filled with poly(ethylene oxide) electrolytes Article 10.1007/s13233-017-5022-z 1 MACROMOLECULAR RESEARCH, v.25, no.2, pp.135 - 140 MACROMOLECULAR RESEARCH 25 2 135 140 scie scopus kci ART002196841 000395054600006 2-s2.0-85013867061 Polymer Science Polymer Science Article METAL COMPOSITE ACTUATORS HIGH IONIC-CONDUCTIVITY POLYMER ELECTROLYTES NETWORK LIQUID conducting polymer actuator electroactive polymer air-operating polypyrrole poly(ethylene oxide) poly(vinylidene fluoride)