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Stochastic System Identification of the Compliance of Conducting Polymers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Priam Vasudevan Pillai  and
Ian W. Hunter
Priam Vasudevan Pillai
Affiliation:
ppillai@mit.eduihunter@mit.edu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, United States
Ian W. Hunter
Affiliation:
ihunter@mit.edu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, United States
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Abstract

Conducting polymers such as polypyrrole, polythiophene and polyaniline are currently studied as novel biologically inspired actuators. The actuation mechanism of these materials depends upon the motion of ions in and out of the polymer film during electrochemical cycling. The diffusion of ions into the bulk of the film causes the dynamic mechanical compliance (or modulus) of the material to change during the actuation process. The mechanism of this change in compliance is not fully understood as it can depend on many different factors such as oxidation state, solvation of the film and the level of counter ion swelling. In-situ measurement of the dynamic compliance of polypyrrole as a function of charge is difficult since the compliance depends upon the excitation frequency as well as the electrochemical stimulus. Pytel et al [1] studied the effect of the changing elastic modulus in-situ at a fixed frequency. In this study we describe a technique to measure the compliance response of polypyrrole as a function of frequency and electrochemistry. A voltage input and a simultaneous stress input was applied to polypyrrole actuated in neat 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexaflourophosphate. The stress input was a stochastic force with a bandwidth of 30 Hz and it allows us to compute the mechanical compliance transfer function of polypyrrole as function of the electrochemistry. Our studies show that the low frequency compliance changes by 50% as charge was injected into the polymer. The compliance changes reversibly as ions diffuse in and out of the film which indicates that the compliance depends upon the level of counter ion swelling.

Keywords

polymerbiomimetic (assembly)elastic properties
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1134: Symposium BB – Polymer-Based Smart Materials–Processes, Properties and Application , 2008 , 1134-BB07-03
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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