Control of bending electrostriction in polyurethane films by doping with salt

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1061-1069

  Watanabe, Masashi ^a   Kato, Takahiro ^a   Suzuki, Makoto ^b   Hirako, Yoshiyuki ^b   Shirai, Hirofusa ^a   Hirai, Toshihiro ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nitta Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actuator; Bending electrostriction; Doping; Polyurethane; Salt

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROSTRICTION; SALTS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

BENDING ELECTROSTRICTION; CHARGE INJECTION; SODIUM ACETATE; ZINC BROMIDE;

POLYURETHANES;

EID: 0035873412     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.1083     Document Type: Article

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27. We also examined the possibility of the cathode shrinking. However, the field application slightly expanded the cathode. We demonstrated the cathode expansion by sticking adhesive tape on the anode.
28. 18 Therefore, the polyurethane films used in this experiment were cut from the same sheet. However, in the measurements shown in Figure 3, another sheet was used. Therefore, the data shown in Figure 3 were somewhat different from the data in Figure 11.