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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2011
Sakae Suda, Yokohama, JP;
Jun Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Sakae Suda, Yokohama, JP;
Jun Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided are an electrode having high conductivity and high durability to driving deformation, and an actuator including the electrode, the actuator having a large amount of displacement. The actuator includes a pair of electrodes arranged oppositely and an intermediate layer arranged between the pair of electrodes, the intermediate layer containing an electrolyte, and the actuator being deformed by applying a voltage to the pair of electrodes, in which at least one of the pair of electrodes includes a porous structure containing a first conductive material and having conductivity, a second conductive material, and an electrolyte, pores of the porous structure being filled with the second conductive material and the electrolyte.