抄録
Upon oxidization and reduction, the conducting polymers change the physical properties as swelling or shrinking. The change of the dimension is induced by the electrochemical cycle, which is called electrochemomechanical deformation (ECMD) and can be utilized as soft actuators. Many researchers have already reported the ECMD in conducting polymers, such as polyaniline (PAn), poly(o-methoxyaniline) (PmAn) and polypyrroles (PPy). In particular, polypyrrole-based conducting polymer soft actuators are constructed from high-quality film. However, these actuators need ions and solvents and work in the electrolyte solutions. In this study, the authors proposed a conducting polymer soft actuator, based on polypyrrole, worked in the air condition. The five layers conducting polymer soft actuator worked in the air is fabricated by simple electro polymerization and is evaluated the basic characteristic, the angular velocity, the specific electrical energy and the durability.
