Investigation of electrically conducting yarns for use in textile actuators
Textile actuators are an emerging technology to develop biomimetic actuators with synergetic actuation. They are composed of a passive fabric coated with an electroactive polymer providing with mechanical motion. Here we used different conducting yarns (polyamide + carbon, silicon + carbon, polyamid...
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Published in | Smart materials and structures Vol. 27; no. 7; pp. 74004 - 74013 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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IOP Publishing
01.07.2018
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Summary: | Textile actuators are an emerging technology to develop biomimetic actuators with synergetic actuation. They are composed of a passive fabric coated with an electroactive polymer providing with mechanical motion. Here we used different conducting yarns (polyamide + carbon, silicon + carbon, polyamide + silver coated, cellulose + carbon, polyester + 2 × INOX 50 m, polyester + 2 × Cu/Sn and polyester + gold coated) to develop such textile actuators. It was possible to coat them through direct electrochemical methods, which should provide with an easier and more cost-effective fabrication process. The conductivity and the electrochemical properties of the yarns were sufficient to allow the electropolymerization of the conducting polymer polypyrrole on the yarns. The electropolymerization was carried out and both the linear and angular the actuation of the yarns was investigated. These yarns may be incorporated into textile actuators for assistive prosthetic devices easier and cheaper to get and at the same time with good mechanical performance are envisaged. |
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Bibliography: | SMS-106197.R1 |
ISSN: | 0964-1726 1361-665X 1361-665X |
DOI: | 10.1088/1361-665X/aabab5 |