Novel sulfonated styrenic pentablock copolymer/silicate nanocomposite membranes with controlled ion channels and their IPMC transducers

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 369-376

  Lee, Jang Woo ^a   Hong, Soon Man ^a   Kim, Joohoon ^b   Koo, Chong Min ^a,c  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Actuator; Ionic polymer metal composites (IPMCs); Montmorillonite; Sulfonated styrenic pentablock copolymer

Indexed keywords

BENDING DISPLACEMENT; BLOCKING FORCES; CONDUCTION CHANNEL; FUNCTIONALIZED; ION CHANNEL; IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES; IONIC POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITE ACTUATORS; MECHANICAL TOUGHNESS; MOBILE IONS; NANO-METER SCALE; NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES; PENTABLOCK COPOLYMERS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE; TENSILE MODULI;

ACTUATORS; CLAY MINERALS; COPOLYMERS; ETHYLENE; IONIC CONDUCTION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; PROPYLENE; STYRENE;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84862825266     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.12.105     Document Type: Article

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