Development Analysis And Comparison Of Electromechanical Properties And Electrode Morphology Of Ionic Polymer Metal Composites

The paper focuses on manufacturing various types of IPMC. Combining the ionic polymer with platinum electrodes, gold sputter coated electrodes and multi-walled carbon nanotube Bucky paper electrodes to create enhanced IPMCs, comparative analysis of different manufacturing methodologies discussing the electrode morphology using scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy techniques is studied. A comparison of the uniformity of the electrode plating obtained from the different processes is studied while the research also concentrates on making use of different ionic solutions to change the anions within the polymer membrane for comparison such as to determine the most suited ion content with in the solid electrolyte for effective IPMC. This new functionally graded material is tested for its bending deformation, blocking force and the current consumptions to prove the electromechanical properties of this smart composite actuator based on its actuation under different electric excitations, we can draw conclusions subsequently form results of the comparison.