Speed and strain of polypyrrole actuators: Dependence on cation hydration number

Ionics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Jafeen, Mohamed J M ^a   Careem, Mohamed A ^a   Skaarup, Steen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Actuator; Cathodes; Characterizations; Chemical diffusion; Doping; Electrochemical; Electrodes; Hydration number; Polypyrrole; Solvation shell

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METAL CHLORIDES; AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE; CATION HYDRATION; CHEMICAL DIFFUSION; DRIVEN FORCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; HYDRATION NUMBER; OSMOTIC PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; POLYPYRROLE ACTUATORS; POLYPYRROLE FILM; SOLVATION SHELL; SPEED OF RESPONSE; TIME CONSTANTS;

ACTUATORS; ALKALINITY; CATHODES; CESIUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; ELECTROLYTES; HYDRATION; POLYPYRROLES; POSITIVE IONS; SOLVATION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 75849164694     PISSN: 09477047     EISSN: 18620760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11581-009-0393-6     Document Type: Article

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