Abstract
A new ionic polymer metal composite is fabricated by the addition of multiwalled carbon nanotubes into Nafion® in our study, which can be called multiwalled carbon nanotubes/ionic polymer metal composite. The Nafion membranes are doped with multiwalled carbon nanotubes forming multiwalled carbon nanotubes /Nafion, and the surface of composite electrodes is coated with platinum layers by chemical reduction plating method. The modified multiwalled carbon nanotubes /ionic polymer metal composite exhibits an enormous improvement at resistance and maximum output force through the experiments. This novel multiwalled carbon nanotubes /ionic polymer metal composite can enlarge the application in both medical and industrial fields because of its superior properties.
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Acknowledgements
This work was sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 51075066), the Chinese Defense Advance Research Program of Science and Technology, China (grant no. 62501040412), Liaoning BaiQianWan Talents Program (No. 2013921069), Science and Technology Foundation Project of Shenyang (No. F13-181-9-00), Science and Technology Foundation Project of Shenyang (No. F13-181-9-00), and Talent Resources Development Special Funds of Shenyang (No. 2010010403).