Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (5): 1205.

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Fabrication and Characterization of Chemical Vapor-actuated PANI/PU Bilayer

DING Chun-Mei1, WANG Liang1, ZHU Ying1*, WAN Mei-Xiang2, JIANG Lei1,2*   

  1. 1. School of Chemistry and Environment, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing 100191, China;
    2.  Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • Received:2010-06-13 Revised:2010-09-06 Online:2011-05-10 Published:2011-04-11
  • Contact: ZHU Ying;JIANG Lei E-mail:zhuying@buaa.edu.cn;jianglei@iccas.ac.cn
  • Supported by:

    国家“九七三”计划项目(批准号:  2007CB936403, 2010CB934701)、国家自然科学基金(批准号:  20974006)、北京市自然科学基金(批准号:  20974006)、新世纪优秀人才支持计划(批准号:  NECT-08-0030)和中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金(批准号:  YWF-10-01-B16)资助.

Abstract: Polyaniline/polyurethane (PANI/PU) bilayer actuators are fabricated using PANI nanofibers as active material and electrospun polyurethane (PU) fibers as substrate. It is found that the PANI/PU bilayer actuators undergo bending-recovery movement induced by hydrochloride vapor. The deformation mechanism of the bilayer actuators might result from asymmetric volume expansion/contraction because of doping/dedoping and sorption/desorption of chemical vapors. Moreover, the PANI/PU bilayer actuator can carry over 9 times its own weight due to the high toughness of PU fibers, displaying the well load-bearing capacity. Because the PANI/PU actuator is ultra-lightweight, low cost and simple operation, it is advantageous for practical applications in the future.

Key words: Polyaniline, polyurethane, electrospinning, bilayer actuator;weight loading ability

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