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. 2019 Apr 8;4(4):6436–6442. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.9b00032

Table 1. Model Parameters.

parameters value description
B 5 mm width of the actuator
L 15 mm length of the actuator
d1 8 μm thickness of the PPy film
d2 110 μm thickness of the pvdf substrate
EPPy 612 MPa Young’s modulus of PPy
EPVDF 80 MPa Young’s modulus of PVDF
ρPPy 1150 kg m–3 density of PPy
ρPVDF 1150 kg m–3 density of PVDF
νPPy 0.25 Poisson’s ratio of PPy
νPVDF 0.25 Poisson’s ratio of PVDF
εr,PVDF 64.92 relative permittivity of PVDF
εr,PPy 4.5 relative permittivity of PPy
αPPy 0.03/°F coefficient of thermal expansion
KPPy 50 W/(m K) thermal conductivity of PPy
KPVDF 0.12 W/(m K) thermal conductivity of PVDF
CPPy 1.4 × 103 J/(kg·K) heat capacity at constant pressure of PPy
CPVDF 740 J/(kg·K) heat capacity at constant pressure of PVDF
σPPy 5 × 103 S/m electrical conductivity of PPy
σPVDF 1 × 10–10 S/m electrical conductivity of PVDF
V 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.2, 1.5 V applied voltage