Durable and water-floatable ionic polymer actuator with hydrophobic and asymmetrically laser-scribed reduced graphene oxide paper electrodes

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2986-2997

  Kim, Jaehwan ^a   Jeon, Jin Han ^a   Kim, Hyun Jun ^a   Lim, Hyuneui ^b   Oh, Il Kwon ^a  

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

^b Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

Author keywords

actuator; durability; hydrophobicity; laser scribed reduced graphene oxide paper; liquid permeability

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BIOMIMETICS; DURABILITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; GRAPHENE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

BIO-INSPIRED ROBOTS; COMPOSITE ACTUATOR; IONIC POLYMER ACTUATORS; IONIC POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITE ACTUATORS; LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; LIQUID PERMEABILITY; METALLIC ELECTRODES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

GRAPHITE; OXIDE; POLYMER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; LASER; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PAPER; TIME;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; GRAPHITE; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LASERS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; PAPER; POLYMERS; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84896928106     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn500283q     Document Type: Article

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