Competitive Advantages
- Increased Flexibility
- Excellent actuation with moist air
Summary
This invention observes a similar phenomenon (expansion and con-traction of film with exchange of moist air) in the PPY films without the use of any polyol-borate compound and does not require any undoping technique. This method uses common polyelectrolytes, like poly (sodium para toluene sulfonate) (PTS), poly (styrene p-styrene sulfonate) (PSS), poly (dimethyl ammonium chloride)
(PDMA), polyacrylic acid (PAA), PE and graphene based materials to show superior contraction and expansion response with moist air. The synthesized PPY films have shown more flexibility with luster (state or quality of shinning by reflection of light). The free standing PPY—composite film responds to moist air by freely moving forward and backward, indicating that it can be easily integrated in toys. Our film can also be used as humidity sensor, capacitor, and robotic works.
The polypyrrole nanocomposite/scotch film with given structure resting on plastic roll using double sided scotch tape and moving in presence of moist air.
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