부산대학교 도서관

There is still emerging need for more effective and technologically simple electrode materials for low voltage ionic EAP materials. Most extensively used carbon materials for bending and linear actuators are different types of carbon nanotubes. We have used for the electrode layers carbide-derived carbon (CDC) and several carbon aerogels. The differences in actuation performance were analyzed in the context of pore characteristics of carbons, electromechanical and electrochemical (EIS) properties. Quantum chemistry and molecular dynamics simulations were used to analyze in detail the actuation/sensor processes in material.