Effect of doping nanoparticles on the output force performance of chitosan-based nanocomposite gel actuator. Issue 9 (13th June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhao, Gang; Wang, Zhijie; Wang, Haojun; Zhao, Honghao; Fu, Yu; Yang, Junjie
• Is Part Of: Polymer-plastics technology and materials. Volume 58:Issue 9(2019)
• Page Start: 967
• Page End: 977
• Publication Date: 2019-06-13
• Subjects: Multi-walled carbon nanotubes -- nanocomposite gel actuator -- doping -- output force; Polymers -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; Plastics -- Periodicals; Plastics; Polymerization; Polymers; Periodicals; 668
• DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2018.1520258
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2574-0881

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In this work, a kind of bio-inspired chitosan-based Nanocomposite Gel Actuator (NGA) was developed whose electrolyte membrane was fabricated by doping multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MCNT). Furthermore, the output force performance of NGA was studied. The results illustrated that doping MCNT particles will play a crosslinking role. The electrolyte membrane with different MCNT doping ratios could significantly reduce its elastic modulus and enhanced its specific capacitance. When the MCNT doping ratio was 2 wt%, the output performance of the electric actuator was the best and the output force density (19.17 mN/g) and strain (0.83 %) were increased by 92% and 17%, respectively. Graphical Abstract: