| Title |
Fabrication Process and Characterization of Sonic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuators by Electroless Plating of Platinum |
| Authors |
차승은(Cha, Seung-Eun) ; 박정호(Park, Jeong-Ho) ; 이승기(Lee, Seung-Gi) |
| Keywords |
IPMC(Ionic Polymer Metal Composite) ; Nafion ; Actuator ; Electroless plating ; Resonant frequency |
| Abstract |
Ionic Polymer metal composite(IPMC), one of new actuation materials of EAPs is fabricated by electroless plating of platinum on both sides of the perfluorosulfonic acid film or Nafion film and its electromechanical characteristics are investigated. The IPMC strip bends towards anode under electrical field. As the number of plating cycle increases, the distance between plated platinum electrodes on both sides of Nafion membrane decreases and also the displacement is almost inversely proportional to the number of plating. The displacement of IPMC strip depends on voltage magnitude and applied signal frequency and its maximum deformation is observed at a critical frequency, resonant frequency. Low pressure sandblasting is used for surface treatment of Nafion membrane and at 8 times of plating cycle produced actuator with high displacement performance. For more efficiency of fabricated IPMC, it is useful to add one or two surface developing step which is the second reduction process using hydrazine. |