A Review on Electroactive Polymer–Metal Composites: Development and Applications for Tissue Regeneration [PDF]
Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 2023 Electroactive polymer–metal composites (EAPMCs) have gained significant attention in tissue engineering owing to their exceptional mechanical and electrical properties.
Rumi Acharya +5 more
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Electroactive Polymer-Based Composites for Artificial Muscle-like Actuators: A Review [PDF]
Nanomaterials, 2022 Unlike traditional actuators, such as piezoelectric ceramic or metallic actuators, polymer actuators are currently attracting more interest in biomedicine due to their unique properties, such as light weight, easy processing, biodegradability, fast ...
Aleksey V. Maksimkin +3 more
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Spectroelectrochemistry of Electroactive Polymer Composite Materials [PDF]
Polymers, 2022 In this review, we have summarized the main advantages of the method of spectroelectrochemistry as applied to recent studies on electrosynthesis and redox processes of electroactive polymer composite materials, which have found wide application in ...
Alexander Nekrasov, Gribkova Oxana
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Quantifying muscle contraction with a conductive electroactive polymer sensor: introduction to a novel surface mechanomyography device [PDF]
International Biomechanics, 2023 Clinicians seek an accurate method to assess muscle contractility during activities to better guide treatment. We investigated application of a conductive electroactive polymer sensor as a novel wearable surface mechanomyography (sMMG) sensor for ...
Donna Moxley Scarborough +3 more
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Effect of Ionic Polymer Membrane with Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes on the Mechanical Performance of Ionic Electroactive Polymer Actuators [PDF]
Polymers, 2020 Ionic electroactive polymer (IEAP) actuators have received interest because of their advantageous properties, including their large displacement, high energy density, light weight, and low power consumption under a low electric field.
Minjeong Park, Minhyon Jeon
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Electroactive polymer gels as probabilistic reservoir automata for computation [PDF]
iScience, 2022 Summary: Electroactive Polymer (EAP) hydrogels are an active matter material used as actuators in soft robotics. Hydrogels exhibit active matter behavior through a form of memory and can be used to embody memory systems such as automata.
Vincent Strong +2 more
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Soft Tunable Lenses Based on Zipping Electroactive Polymer Actuators [PDF]
Advanced Science, 2021 Compact and entirely soft optics with tunable and adaptive properties drive the development of life‐like soft robotic systems. Yet, existing approaches are either slow, require rigid components, or use high operating voltages of several kilovolts.
Florian Hartmann +4 more
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Fast and Stable Ionic Electroactive Polymer Actuators with PEDOT:PSS/(Graphene–Ag-Nanowires) Nanocomposite Electrodes [PDF]
Sensors, 2018 Minjeong Park +2 more
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Electroactive polymers for sensing [PDF]
Interface Focus, 2016 Abstract Electromechanical coupling in electroactive polymers (EAPs) has been widely applied for actuation and is also being increasingly investigated for sensing chemical and mechanical stimuli. EAPs are a unique class of materials, with low-moduli high-strain capabilities and the ability to conform to surfaces of different shapes ...
Wang, Tiesheng +8 more
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An Electroactive Filter with Tunable Porosity Based on Glycolated Polythiophene
Small Science, 2022 The porosity of filters is typically fixed; thus, complex purification processes require application of multiple specialized filters. In contrast, smart filters with controllable and tunable properties enable dynamic separation in a single setup. Herein,
Johannes Gladisch +6 more
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