Intelligent Polymer Research Institute

Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia... 

In the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI), the unique features of CEPs were identified based on pyrrole, aniline, and thiophene. Stimuli-recognition sites can be incorporated into these CEPs, for which information-processing capabilities are inherent, and various response mechanisms can be integrated into them. 

Gordon Wallace, Ph.D., D.Sc., FTSE, is currently executive research director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. His research interests include organic conductors, nanomaterials, and electrochemical probe methods of analysis. A current focus of his involves the use of these tools and materials in developing biocommunications, from the molecular to skeletal domains, in order to improve human performance via medical bionics. 

ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science Intelligent Polymer Research Institute University of Wollongong Wollongong, Australia... 

Trilayer PPy actuators were first reported by the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute at the University of Wollongong, Australia. A description of the fabrication process can be found in, e.g., [Wu et al. (2006)], and it is provided here for completeness. The PPy layers are electrochemically deposited on both sides of a gold-coated porous PVDF film. The PVDF film obtained from Sigma-Aldrich Co., has a thickness of 110 lam with pore size of 0.45 /Ltm. Gold layers of 100 nm are sputtered on both sides of the PVDF,... 

Intelligent Polymer Research Institute and ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2500, Australia Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson TX 75083, USA Email snaficy uow.edu.au... 

The authors are indebted to a number of people whose work has enabled this manuscript to come to fruition. First, we would like to thank all research students and research fellows, both past and present, who have been associated with the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute. Their efforts have maintained the fervor necessary to progress this area of research. Numerous members of the academic and technical staff af fhe University of Wollongong have also been involved in advancing our research in recent years. 

The Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI) has identified the unique features of conducting electroactive polymers, based on pyrrole, aniline and thiophene, into which stimuli recognition sites are readily incor-... 

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