Preparation and Properties of Ionic exchange polymer metal composites for actuator

Ionic exchange polymer metal composites（IPMC） as the actuator,is used in the movement of novel imitation amoeba robot.In order to meet motion system parameter,the structure of IPMC intelligent material,elastic modulus and power-distortion performance was studied.Preparation of IPMC,its surface and fault morphology of metal electrodes were characterized by SEM.The material hardness and elastic modulus were measured by nano-performance instrument.To characterize power-distortion,material deformation process was track recorded,Using image processing,the relationship between deformation of IPMC and power-up time and voltage was exposed.The result,shows that the surface electrodes with a uniform density of IPMC material can be obtained.Its hardness is 0.0349GPa and elastic modulus is 1.8935GPa.Under the low-voltage（2V）,material shape variable flatly increases,as the time increases,under high-voltage（6V）,the response time of deformation fast.And after the maximum deformation,deformation value starts with drawing.