Development of polymer materials for large-strain actuators driven in air by electrical control of modulus

2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19550203
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Polymer/Textile materials
• Research Institution: University of Yamanashi
• Principal Investigator: OKUZAKI Hidenori University of Yamanashi, 大学院・医学工学総合研究部, 准教授 (60273033)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2009
• Keywords: 高分子機能材料

Research Abstract

PEDOT/PSSに無機のフィラーであるナノクレイ(NC)と親水性高分子であるPSSを添加して作製したフィルムを作製し、アクチュエータ特性を評価した。NCを25%添加することで、25℃,50%RHにおける電気収縮率は2.4%から3.2%に増加した(PEDOT/PSS/NC)。さらに含水率を高めるためPSSを70%加えたところ、収縮率は5.3%に達した(PEDOT/PSS/NC+PSS)。そこでこのフィルムを80%RHの高湿度環境下において測定したところ収縮率は8.1%まで向上した。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Effect of Temperature on Humido-Sensitive Conducting Polymer Actuators (2010)
  • Author(s): H. Okuzaki, K. Hosaka, H. Suzuki, T. Ito
  • Journal Title: Sens. Actuat. A 157 Pages: 96-99
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Electrically Driven PEDOT/PSS Actuators (2009)
  • Author(s): H. Okuzaki, H. Suzuki, T. Ito
  • Journal Title: Synth. Met. 159 Pages: 2233-2236
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Electromechanical Properties of Poly(3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/Poly( 4-styrene sulfonate) Films (2009)
  • Author(s): H. Okuzaki, H. Suzuki, T. Ito
  • Journal Title: J. Phys. Chem. B 113 Pages: 11378-11383
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] プラスチックエレクトロニクスにおける導電性高分子材料 (2008)
  • Author(s): 奥崎秀典, 厳虎
  • Journal Title: 工業材料 56 Pages: 38-41
• [Journal Article] A Biomorphic Origami Actuator Fabricated by Folding a Conducting Paper (2008)
  • Author(s): H. Okuzaki, T. Saido, H. Suzuki, Y. Hara, H. Yan
  • Journal Title: J. Physics: Conf. Ser. 127 Pages: 1-7
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Electromechanical Properties of PEDOT/PSS Films (2009)
  • Author(s): H. Okuzaki
  • Organizer: 4th Conference on Artificial Muscles and 5th World Congress on Biomimetics, Artificial Muscles and Nano-Bio
  • Place of Presentation: Osaka
  • Year and Date: 2009-11-25
• [Presentation] 空気中で電場駆動する導電性高分子ソフトアクチュエータ (2009)
  • Author(s): 保坂康介、伊東孝道、奥崎秀典
  • Organizer: 日本化学会第3回関東支部大会
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-04
• [Presentation] 導電性高分子ペーパーアクチュエータ[IX]-PEDOT/PSSフィルムの高伸縮率化- (2008)
  • Author(s): 伊東孝道, 鈴木裕樹, 奥崎秀典
  • Organizer: 第5 7回高分子討論会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪市立大学
  • Year and Date: 2008-09-25
• [Presentation] PEDOT/PSS Soft Actuators (2008)
  • Author(s): H. Okuzaki, H. Suzuki, T. Ito
  • Organizer: International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals (ICSM2008)
  • Place of Presentation: Brazil
  • Year and Date: 2008-07-07
• [Presentation] Electrically Driven Paper Actuators using Conducting Polymers (2007)
  • Author(s): H. Okuzaki, Y. Hara, H. Yan
  • Organizer: 4th World Congress on Biomimetics, Artificial Muscles and Nano-Bio
  • Place of Presentation: Spain
  • Year and Date: 2007-11-09
• [Presentation] 導電性高分子ペーパーアクチュエータ[V]-ポリピロールフィルムの吸湿特性と伸縮挙動- (2007)
  • Author(s): 堀川良介、道祖土朋宙、奥崎秀典
  • Organizer: 第56回高分子学会年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都国際会議場
  • Year and Date: 2007-05-29
• [Remarks] ホームページ等
  • URL: http://erdb.yamanashi.ac.jp/rdb/A_DispInfo.Scholar?ID=4EB82D59BAE9D9C0
• [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 導電性高分子材料、導電性高分子フィルム及びこれを用いた導電性高分子アクチュエータ (2009)
  • Inventor(s): 奥崎秀典、玉木昭男、春日久男、斉木久政、伊東孝道
  • Industrial Property Rights Holder: 山梨大学、タカノ株式会社
  • Industrial Property Number: 特願,2009-067804
  • Filing Date: 2009-03-19
  • Acquisition Date: 2009-03-19