Due to their favorable characteristics, including high permselectivity and chemical stability,
ionic membranes are widely adopted in electrochemical applications, including …

The actuation strain and speed of ionic electroactive polymer (EAP) actuators are mainly
determined by the charge transport through the actuators and excess ion storage near the …

Functional ionomeric polymer membranes are the backbone of a wide range of ionic
devices; the mobility of ions through the ionomeric membrane is the principle of operation of …

Besides their use in separation and filtration processes, ion-exchange membranes have
been adopted as electroactive polymer actuators in soft robotics and biomedical …

Soft actuators based on water-swollen ionic membranes are able to operate in water, a
critical feature for applications in biomedical engineering and underwater robotics. On the …

In electrolyte solutions, the application of an external voltage elicits a series of complex
microscopic phenomena. When there is no charge transfer between solution and electrodes …

We demonstrate a novel principle of contactless actuation for ionic membranes in salt
solution based on solvation. Actuation is driven by differential swelling of the sides of the …

Ion‐exchange membranes, conventionally utilized in separation processes of electrolyte
solutions, are electroactive polymers that display a unique coupling between …

Understanding how ions and solvent molecules migrate within charged membranes is
fundamental for advancing the analysis of biological membranes and the design of energy …

Electro-active ionic polymer actuators are an attractive type of soft actuators that bend due to
the ion migration in the polymer electrolyte membrane under the electrical field. However …