Conjugated polymers are electroactive and have found applications as artificial muscles.
Actuators that have been developed over the last decade have now reached the early …

Although the very first papers on conducting polymers were published almost 30 years ago,
the importance and interest in this class of material have since been continuously renewed …

The electrochemically induced volume change in conjugated polymers is of interest for
actuator applications. Important parameters include the magnitude and speed of the volume …

Conjugated polymers such as polypyrrole (PPy) have potential use as artificial muscles or in
microsystems such as valves for microfluid handling. One of the most important parameters …

A membrane-free hybrid system employing the battery-type copper hexacyano-ferrate
(CuHCF) and the pseudocapacitive polypyrrole (PPy) as the positive and negative …

Drawn polyaniline films and fibers doped with 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-propane-1-sulfonic
acid, PANI (AMPS), were electrochemically cycled in HCl and their material properties and …

A simplified model of the transport of the charge carriers and neutral species in conducting
polymers is presented. It takes into account the diffusion of anions, cations and solvent in the …

Featuring controllable electrochemomechanical deformation and excellent biocompatibility,
polypyrrole electroactuators used as artificial muscles play a vital role in the design of …

The influence of solvent on the electrochemical property and conductivity of PEDOT has
been investigated by electrochemical and physical characterizations. The PEDOT treated …

Polypyrrole (PPy) was electropolymerized in xanthan hydrogels (XCA), resulting in
electroactive XCAPPy scaffolds with (15±3) wt.% PPy and (40±10) μm thick. The …