dc.contributor.author | Landi, Brian | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Raffaelle, Ryne | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Heben, Michael | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Alleman, Jeffrey | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | VanDerveer, William | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Gennett, Thomas | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-07-19T19:54:57Z | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2006-07-19T19:54:57Z | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2002-11 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Nano Letters 2N11 (2002) 1329-1332 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1530-6992 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1850/2215 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Single wall carbon nanotube (SWNT)-Nafion composite actuators have been demonstrated for 0.1-18% w/w doping of purified SWNTs within the polymer matrix. The high purity SWNTs, >95% w/w, were homogeneously dispersed into the polymer through a series of homogenization and high sheer mixing techniques. The efficient distribution of the high aspect ratio, conductive SWNT materials allowed for the actuation of the Nafion membrane to be reached at SWNT doping levels as low as 0.5% w/w. Utilizing a two-electrode bimorph cantilever actuator immersed into an aqueous lithium chloride solution, tip deflections up to 4.5 mm were observed. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors acknowledge support for this project from Eastman Kodak Company, TA Instruments Inc., and the work at NREL was supported by the Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Science and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Infrastructure Technologies Program of the Department of Energy under Grant No. DE-AC36-99GO10337. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 31371 bytes | en_US |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | The American Chemical Society: Nano Letters | en_US |
dc.subject | Actuators | en_US |
dc.subject | Carbon nanotubes | en_US |
dc.subject | Doping | en_US |
dc.title | Single wall carbon nanotube-Nafion composite actuators | en_US |
dc.type | Abstract | en_US |
dc.identifier.url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl025800h | |