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Carbon Nanotube/Ionic Liquid Composites

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Soft Actuators

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Both carbon nanotubes and ionic liquids are very attractive materials in the present scientific fields. Recently, we combine these two materials into the polymer matrix to make a conductive electrode film which expands and contracts when alternative square voltages are applied. We utilize these interesting phenomena for electroactive polymer actuators (electric-driven soft actuators). In this chapter, we introduce recent studies for electroactive polymer actuators composed of carbon nanotube/ionic liquid composites and their application potential for a thin and light Braille display as well.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank to Mr. Abe M, Mr. Takahashi I, and their colleagues (Sendai R&D center of Alps Electric Co. Ltd.), Prof. Nakano Y, Dr. Arai T (Keio Univ.), and Prof. Someya T, Dr. Sekitani T (Univ. of Tokyo) for their collaborations in the Braille project (the grant from Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan in 2009 FY and 2010 FY). A part of this work was supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) from Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI (23560822).

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  1. Artificial Cell Research Group, Health Research Institute, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ikeda, Osaka, 563-8577, Japan

    Takushi Sugino & Kenji Kiyohara

  2. Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ikeda, Osaka, 563-8577, Japan

    Kinji Asaka

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Sugino, T., Kiyohara, K., Asaka, K. (2014). Carbon Nanotube/Ionic Liquid Composites. In: Asaka, K., Okuzaki, H. (eds) Soft Actuators. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54767-9_9

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