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12 Improved IPMC Performance As discussed earlier, a key engineering problem in achieving high-force density IPMCs is reducing or eliminating the water leakage out of the surface electrode (made of finely dispersed platinum particles within or near the boundary region) so that water transport within the IPMC can be more Fundamentals of Ionic Polymer Metal Composites (IPMCs) 29 120 effectively utilized for actuation. , the average size of platinum particles in the IPMC near boundary is in the order of 40–60 nm, much larger than that of incipient particles associated with ion clusters (B5 nm).
Although this situation is somewhat complicated due to the simultaneous effect of a mass transfer and significant kinetics, nevertheless the estimated value of Deff of B1Â10À8 cm2 sÀ1 would be a convenient value for the engineering design of the platinum metallization process described here for the improved IPMC. 27, the results of a potentiostatic analysis are presented. The variation of currents following the application of an electric potential to the IPMCs (both the PVP-treated IPMC and the conventional IPMC) are shown.
12 Chapter 1 Once an electric field is imposed on an IPMC cantilever, in their polymeric network the conjugated and hydrated cations rearrange to accommodate the local electric field and thus the network is deformed, which in the simplest of cases, such as in thin membrane sheets, spectacular bending is observed under small electric fields such as tens of volts per millimeter. 12 depicts typical force and deflection characteristics of cantilever samples of IPMC artificial muscles. 14 (Bahramzadeh139).