US 6,982,514 B1
Electrochemical devices incorporating high-conductivity conjugated polymers
Wen Lu, Santa Fe, N. Mex. (US); Elisabeth Smela, Silver Spring, Md. (US); Benjamin R. Mattes, Santa Fe, N. Mex. (US); Philip N. Adams, Santa Fe, N. Mex. (US); and Guido Zuccarello, Silver Spring, Md. (US)
Assigned to Santa Fe Science and Technology, Inc., Santa Fe, N. Mex. (US)
Filed on May 22, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/863,808.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/206511, filed on May 22, 2000.
Int. Cl. H02N 11/00 (2006.01); H02N 2/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 310—300 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrochemical actuator comprising a high-conductivity conjugated polymer element other than a polypyrrole element having an electrical conductivity of ≧150 S/cm, wherein said element actuates by linear extension/contraction.