Subject bending type polymer

What is important to realise is that a polymer may be tough when exposed to tensile load but brittle when assessed by an Izod-type test where a notched sample is subjected to a bending load. Table 9.3 attempts to summarise the behaviour of typical polymers to different stresses. 

The ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC, which is also known as ICPF in the robotics field) [10, 11] is one of the electroactive polymers that have shown potential for practical applications. The IPMC is an chemically plated electroactive polymer (EAP) material that bends when subjected to a voltage across its thickness (Figure 8.1). A Nafion-gold composite type IPMC [12], which contained the sodium ion, has a relatively good... 

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