Electromechanical strain responses of SEBS/CB and SEBS/SWCNT composites

Il Jin Kim, Jiyoung Jung, Soon Man Hong, Chong Min Koo

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Abstract

Electromechanical strain responses of poly (styrene-b-ethylbutylene-b- styrene) (SEBS)/carbon black (CB) composites and SEBS/single wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) composites were investigated. The electric field induced thickness strains s z of the composites increased with the conductive filler content at the low filler concentration region and then showed the maximum. s z represents relative thickness change relative to the initial thickness of the composite film. A further increase of the filler concentration caused a decrease in the actuation strain. The SEBS/SWCNT showed a larger s z than SEBS/CB at the same filler content.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)135-140
Number of pages6
JournalMolecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
Volume566
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012 Nov 1
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was financially supported by a grant from the Fundamental R&D Program for Core Technology of Materials funded by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Republic of Korea and partially by a grant from the Hybrid Materials Research Center of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST).

Keywords

  • Dielectric
  • SWCNT
  • carbon
  • electromechanical strain
  • space charge injection.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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