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Chapters
- 00:00Introduction
- 01:15Membrane Preparation- Option A: Dry Porous PTFE Sheet
- 01:45Membrane Preparation- Option B: Soaked Porous PTFE Sheet
- 03:05Membrane Preparation- Option C: Textile Reinforcement
- 05:21Electrode Preparation- Making the Suspension
- 06:57Electrode Preparation- Spray-Coating
- 07:58Current Collector Attachment: Gold
- 10:34Cutting And Shaping: FInal Steps Before It Is Ready
- 11:17Representative Results: Gripper in Action
- 13:30Representative Results: Cryo-Fracturing (Textile)
This article describes a fast and simple manufacturing process of ionic electromechanically active composite materials for actuators in biomedical, biomimetic and soft robotics applications. The key fabrication steps, their importance for the actuators' final properties, and some of the main characterization techniques are described in detail.
