From scientific and technological points of view, poly (vinylidene fluoride), PVDF, is one of
the most exciting polymers due to its overall physicochemical characteristics. This polymer …

Electroactive polymers (EAPs), materials that present size/shape alteration in response to an
electrical stimulus, are currently being explored regarding advanced smart devices, namely …

Current ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC) always proves inadequate in terms of large
attenuation and short working time in air due to water leakage. To address this problem, a …

Polyurea elastomers are utilized for a myriad of applications ranging from coatings and
foams to dielectric materials for capacitors and actuators. However, current synthetic …

Recently, the Ramprasad group reported a quantitative structure–property relationship
(QSPR) model for predicting the E gap values of 4209 polymers, which yielded a test set R 2 …

Siloxanes are adaptable species that have found extensive applications as versatile
materials for functionalising various surfaces and as building blocks for polymers and hybrid …

We used all-atom molecular dynamics simulations to study the ion transport in the 1-ethyl-3-
methylimidazolium bis (trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide/poly (vinylidene fluoride)(EMITFSI …

Electroresponsive polymers are promising materials for touch-based technologies, electric
armour, battery membranes and soft actuators especially because of the speed and ease of …