Patent ID: 9018320
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: C08G,C08L,H01L

Abstract:
1. A method of preparing an actuator or an artificial muscle, said method comprising utilizing a polymer as the actuating or the moving component of the actuator or the artificial muscle, wherein the polymer contains a dipole covalently bonded to the polymer structure in and the structure of the polymer is accordance with the general formula I, where A is an electron acceptor functionality selected from —NO X is an organic residue with a delocalized electron system which allows a delocalization of the electrons between D and A; D is an electron donor functionality selected from —O— or —N(B)—, where B is hydrogen or a linear or branched alkyl residue with 1 to 16 carbon atoms; R represents an alkylene residue with 1 to 16 carbon atoms; n=0 or 1 and m=1, 2, 3 or 4; wherein the polymer structure is formed of an elastomer.