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Field-Activated Electroactive Polymers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Zhongyang Cheng  and
Qiming Zhang
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Abstract

Field-activated electroactive polymers (FEAPs) are a class of electroactive polymers that are insulating and exhibit coulombic interaction with and dipole formation in response to external electric signals. There are many polarization mechanisms in insulating polymers, from the molecular to the mesoscopic and even the macroscopic level, which couple strongly with mechanical deformation and can be used to create polymer actuators and sensors. FEAPs feature fast response speed limited by the polymer dielectric and elastic relaxation time, a very large strain level (to more than 100% strain), high electromechanical efficiency, the ability to operate down to micro/nanoelectromechanical devices, and a highly reproducible strain response under electric fields. One challenge in FEAP actuators and electromechanical devices is reducing the operation voltage to below 100 V or even 10 V while achieving an electromechanical conversion efficiency comparable with that of inorganic electroactive materials.

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MRS Bulletin , Volume 33 , Issue 3: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Sensors , March 2008 , pp. 183 - 187
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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