Use of ionic liquids as electrolytes in electromechanical actuator systems based on inherently conducting polymers Ding, Jie, Zhou, Dezhi, Spinks, Geoffrey, Wallace, Gordon, Forsyth, Stewart, Forsyth, Maria and MacFarlane, Douglas 2003, Use of ionic liquids as electrolytes in electromechanical actuator systems based on inherently conducting polymers, Chemistry of materials, vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 2392-2398, doi: 10.1021/cm020918k. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Use of ionic liquids as electrolytes in electromechanical actuator systems based on inherently conducting polymers Author(s) Ding, Jie Zhou, Dezhi Spinks, Geoffrey Wallace, Gordon Forsyth, Stewart Forsyth, Maria orcid.org/0000-0002-4273-8105 MacFarlane, Douglas Journal name Chemistry of materials Volume number 15 Issue number 12 Start page 2392 End page 2398 Publisher American Chemical Society Place of publication Washington, D.C. Publication date 2003-06-17 ISSN 0897-4756 1520-5002 Summary The use of ionic liquids (ILs) as electrolytes for electromechanical actuators based on polypyrroles (PPy's) is described. The composition of the electrolytes has a significant effect on the electrochemical properties of the PPy actuator and subsequently on actuator performance, improving cycle life and strain generated. The actuator performance in ionic liquid electrolytes is significantly better than that in traditional organic and aqueous electrolytes. Language eng DOI 10.1021/cm020918k Field of Research 039999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970103 Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2003, American Chemical Society Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30030104 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Institute for Technology Research and Innovation GTP Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 10 Sep 2010, 15:08:31 EST Wed, 13 Oct 2010, 09:21:06 EST Wed, 13 Oct 2010, 09:22:13 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 16:21:57 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 235 times in TR Web of Science Cited 258 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1101 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 10 Sep 2010, 15:08:31 EST