Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate)/polyethylene oxide electrodes with improved electrical and electrochemical properties for soft microactuators and microsensors - Archive ouverte HAL Accéder directement au contenu
Article Dans Une Revue Advanced Electronic Materials Année : 2019

Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate)/polyethylene oxide electrodes with improved electrical and electrochemical properties for soft microactuators and microsensors

Résumé

The development of microsystems is a rapidly evolving field which enables a wide range of applications for electroactive materials. Microelectromechanical actuators based on electronically conducting polymers are elaborated with an up-scalable process. Commercial poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly-(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) is chosen as an easily processable electrode to ensure the reproducibility for further technological production and practical applications. First, the improvement of electrical, electrochemical, and mechanical properties of the PEDOT:PSS electrodes is described by incorporating reactive additives, that is, glycol-based monomers (mPEG) as polyethylene oxide (PEO) network precursors. Moreover, the custom fit layer-by-layer (LbL) process to integrate these PEDOT:PSS/PEO composite electrodes into trilayer microactuators is presented. The incorporation of PEO within PEDOT:PSS improves significantly the electromechanical performances of the resulting microactuators with significant strain (0.82%) and high output forces (472 μN) compared to similar PEDOT based or pristine PEDOT:PSS microactuators. This work provides also the first demonstration that mechanical strain sensing behavior, extensively studied at macroscale, still occurs at microscale for these trilayer systems. Additionally, to this proof of concept, it highlights that output signal is significantly enhanced by downsizing the devices compared to similar macroscale samples. These results open promising perspectives in the development of numerous applications for soft and scalable microactuators and microsensors.

Domaines

Polymères Autre
Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
Rohtlaid2019.pdf (451.07 Ko) Télécharger le fichier
Origine : Fichiers produits par l'(les) auteur(s)

Dates et versions

hal-03142273 , version 1 (14-09-2021)

Licence

Paternité - Pas d'utilisation commerciale

Identifiants

Citer

Kätlin Rohtlaid, Giao T. M. Nguyen, Caroline Soyer, Eric Cattan, Frederic Vidal, et al.. Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate)/polyethylene oxide electrodes with improved electrical and electrochemical properties for soft microactuators and microsensors. Advanced Electronic Materials, 2019, 5 (4), pp.1800948. ⟨10.1002/aelm.201800948⟩. ⟨hal-03142273⟩
66 Consultations
217 Téléchargements

Altmetric

Partager

Gmail Facebook X LinkedIn More