• 文献标题:   Structure of a Graphene-Modified Electroactive Polymer for Membranes of Biomimetic Systems: Simulation and Experiment
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ALEKSEEV NI, BROIKO AP, KALENOV VE, KORLYAKOV AV, LAGOSH AV, LIFSHITS AO, LUCHININ VV, KHMEL NITSKII IK
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, biomimetic system, electroactive polymer, artificial muscle, reduced graphene oxide
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY
  • ISSN:   0022-4766 EI 1573-8779
  • 通讯作者地址:   St Petersburg State Electrotech Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1134/S0022476618070260
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

A model is proposed that describes the structure of water filled Nafion-graphene composite forming the body of an electroactive polymer membrane for actuators of biomimetic systems able to work in air and a liquid medium. The model predicts the growth of the ionic conductivity with increasing concentration of a graphene modifier, which is due to that the size of a part of clusters of the Nafion framework containing hydrophobic graphene flakes enlarges together with the pore size. Then the optimal concentration of the graphene modifier is reached, which provides the maximum ionic conductivity and actuation ability of the membrane as well as its elastic properties. The possibility of introducing into Nafion the modifier amount needed to improve the actuator operation is experimentally tested.