Intelligent materials are one of the important directions in the development of modern high-
tech new materials, realizing structural functionalization and functional diversification. As a …

Ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) is a new type of flexible electroactive polymer, which
has the advantages of fast response, large driving displacement, small elastic modulus and …

We developed novel electrically conductive nanocomposites based on cellulose
nanowhiskers (CNW) via in situ emulsion polymerization reaction of pyrrole and in presence …

Smart polymeric and gel actuators change shape or size in response to stimuli like
electricity, heat, or light. These smart polymeric-and gel-based actuators are compliant and …

Although efforts to model the electrochemical behavior of ionomeric polymer-metal
composite (IPMC) devices through electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) have …

Tremella-like nickel oxalate@ nickel oxide (NiC2O4@ NiO) core/shell hierarchical
nanostructures have been successfully synthesized on nickel foam, using Ni foam as a …

Formation of dendritic interfacial electrodes (DIEs) between metal/polymer interfaces has
high demands in a variety of areas. By combining impregnation electroplating (IEP) step with …

In the field of soft robotics, ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs) have shown great
promise in the advancement of bioinspired actuators and sensors. Their affinity for use in …

The phenomenon of back-relaxation in ionic polymer metal composites (IPMCs) has
attracted the interest of the scientific community for two decades, but its physical origins …

As emerging smart polymers, ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs) are playing more and
more important roles as promising candidates for next-generation actuators in terms of …