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Improvement of the electromechanical performance of carboxymethylcellulose-based actuators by graphene nanoplatelet loading

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In this article, the effects of graphene loading (0.1, 0.2, 0.3 wt%) on both the electromechanical and mechanical properties of carboxymethylcellulose (CMC)-based actuators were investigated. CMC-based graphene-loaded actuators were prepared by using 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide. The synthesized graphene-loaded actuators were characterized by Fourier transform infrared, X-ray diffraction analysis, thermogravimetric analysis, scanning electron microscopy, and tensile tests. Electromechanical properties of the actuators were obtained under DC excitation voltages of 1, 3, 5, and 7 V with a laser displacement sensor. According to the obtained results, the ultimate tensile strength of CMC-based actuators containing 0.3 wt% graphene was higher than that of unloaded actuators by approximately 72.8 %. In addition, the Young’s modulus value of the graphene-loaded actuators increased continuously with increasing graphene content. Under a DC excitation voltage of 5 V, the maximum tip displacement of 0.2 wt% graphene-loaded actuators increased by about 15 % compared to unloaded actuators.

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This study was supported by TUBITAK—The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, project no. 111M643.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

    Okan Ozdemir & Ramazan Karakuzu

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

    Mehmet Sarikanat & Baris Oguz Gurses

  3. Department of Chemistry, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

    Yoldas Seki & Emine Akar

  4. Department of Mechatronics Engineering, İzmir Katip Çelebi University, Izmir, Turkey

    Levent Cetin

  5. Department of Mechatronics Engineering, The Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

    Ozgun Cem Yilmaz

  6. Department of Mechanical Engineering, İzmir Katip Çelebi University, Izmir, Turkey

    Kutlay Sever

  7. Department of Bioengineering, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey

    Emine Akar

  8. Department of Biocomposites, The Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, İzmir Katip Çelebi University, Izmir, Turkey

    Ibrahim Sen

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Ozdemir, O., Karakuzu, R., Sarikanat, M. et al. Improvement of the electromechanical performance of carboxymethylcellulose-based actuators by graphene nanoplatelet loading. Cellulose 22, 3251–3260 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-015-0702-3

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