Artificial muscles using electroactive polymers (EAP): capabilities, challenges and potential
This paper provides a review of the current status, the challenges and potential near future applications of these materials.
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Electroactive Polymers (EAP) as actuators for potential future planetary mechanisms
This paper provides backgrund about these materials and it includes a review of the state of the art, challenges and potential applications of these materials for future space missions.
biomimetics↗
Electroactive polymers as artificial muscles: reality, potential and challenges
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Low-Mass Muscle Actuators Using Electroactive Polymers (EAP)
NASA is seeking to reduce the mass, size, consumed power, and cost of the instrumentation used in its future missions.
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The electroactive polymers infrastructure
This paper reviews the status of the EAP infrastructure and the challenges to practical application of EAP materials as actuators.
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Increased Static Charge–Induced Threshold Voltage Shifts and Memristor Activity in Pentacene OFETs Comprising Polystyrene–Based Gate Dielectrics Containing Electroactive Small Molecule Crystallites
Top-contact bottom-gate pentacene OFETs are fabricated with single layer dielectrics comprised of either polystyrene (PS), poly(4-methylstyrene) (P4MS), or poly(4-tert-butylstyrene) (P4TBS). The polystyrenes are blended with varying concentrations of two different small molecules, dibenzotetrathiafulvalene (DBTTF) and 2,8-difluoro-5,11-bis(triethylsilylethynyl)anthradithiophene (diF-TES-ADT), to form small, separated crystallites contained throughout the polymer dielectric layer. The OFET characteristics of these devices are investigated and their threshold voltage shifts are measured after –70 V static charging for 5 min. Two-terminal measurements are conducted using multiple different gate biases in the range of –50 to +50 V to investigate memristor behavior in the devices. OFETs containing DBTTF exhibited ΔVth increases as large as 330% relative to control OFETs containing no DBTTF, while OFETs containing at least 7.5 wt.% DBTTF exhibited memristor activity, with currents ranging from 20 nA to 44 µA depending on the applied bias. Furthermore, this work demonstrates that including small, separated crystallites in polymer dielectrics enhances their charge storage ability and can be promising for creating nonbinary memory devices for data processing. Additionally, the observed memristor activity indicates the OFETs in this work can be used in development of neuromorphic systems that aim to mimic the synaptic behavior of the human nervous system.
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High-Efficiency Recovery of Acetic Acid from Water Using Electroactive Gas-Stripping Membranes
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Electroactive Ferrocene at or near the Surface of Metal–Organic Framework UiO-66
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