Organic soft actuators are of special interest in many fields including intravascular neurosurgery. Ion conductive polymer film (ICPF) actuators have been one of the strong candidates. The ICPF investigated here was...Organic soft actuators are of special interest in many fields including intravascular neurosurgery. Ion conductive polymer film (ICPF) actuators have been one of the strong candidates. The ICPF investigated here was a cation-exchange membrane (Nation 117, Du Pont). When a voltage is given between the metal eIectrodes of an ICPF actuator, the ICPF actuator bends in the water due to the motion of Li+ cations with associated water. In order to increase the freedom of the deformation of the ICPF actuator, structures of independent electrode pairs were proposed. The electrodes were selectively deposited by non-electrokvzed plating including the Pt [(NH3)6]^4+ deposition process in a [Pt(NH3)6]Cl4 solution and the reduction process in a NaBH4 solution. Here, an elastomer adhesive tape with a fine electrode patterns was used performances were reported in detail. as a mask. The actuators processing conditions and their actuator展开更多
文摘Organic soft actuators are of special interest in many fields including intravascular neurosurgery. Ion conductive polymer film (ICPF) actuators have been one of the strong candidates. The ICPF investigated here was a cation-exchange membrane (Nation 117, Du Pont). When a voltage is given between the metal eIectrodes of an ICPF actuator, the ICPF actuator bends in the water due to the motion of Li+ cations with associated water. In order to increase the freedom of the deformation of the ICPF actuator, structures of independent electrode pairs were proposed. The electrodes were selectively deposited by non-electrokvzed plating including the Pt [(NH3)6]^4+ deposition process in a [Pt(NH3)6]Cl4 solution and the reduction process in a NaBH4 solution. Here, an elastomer adhesive tape with a fine electrode patterns was used performances were reported in detail. as a mask. The actuators processing conditions and their actuator