Plating of ion-exchange membranes is a critical step to create flexible electrodes for soft sensors and actuators. Yet, no computational tool to optimize the plating process is currently available.
In their new work, our team: Postdoctoral Associates Agnieszka Truszkowska and Alain Boldini with Prof. Maurizio Porfiri, show that molecular dynamics simulations could serve as a benchmark to inform the selection of plating materials. The paper includes a comparative study that explores the stability of different composites of ion-exchange membranes.
Read the paper “Plating of Ion-Exchange Membranes: A Molecular Dynamics Study”, published in Advanced Theory and Simulations, here.
Image credit: Agnieszka Truszkowska, Alain Boldini, and Maurizio Porfiri.