Focus tunable device actuator based on ionic polymer metal composite

Yi-Wei Zhang; Guo-Dung J. Su

doi:10.1117/12.2186936

2 September 2015 Focus tunable device actuator based on ionic polymer metal composite

Yi-Wei Zhang, Guo-Dung J. Su

Proceedings Volume 9574, Material Technologies and Applications to Optics, Structures, Components, and Sub-Systems II; 95740S (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2186936
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

IPMC (Ionic Polymer Metallic Composite) is a kind of electroactive polymer (EAP) which is used as an actuator because of its low driving voltage and small size. The mechanism of IPMC actuator is due to the ionic diffusion when the voltage gradient is applied. In this paper, the complex IPMC fabrication such as Ag-IPMC be further developed in this paper. The comparison of response time and tip bending displacement of Pt-IPMC and Ag-IPMC will also be presented. We also use the optimized IPMC as the lens actuator integrated with curvilinear microlens array, and use the 3D printer to make a simple module and spring stable system. We also used modeling software, ANSYS Workbench, to confirm the effect of spring system. Finally, we successfully drive the lens system in 200μm stroke under 2.5V driving voltage within 1 seconds, and the resonant frequency is approximately 500 Hz.

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Yi-Wei Zhang and Guo-Dung J. Su "Focus tunable device actuator based on ionic polymer metal composite", Proc. SPIE 9574, Material Technologies and Applications to Optics, Structures, Components, and Sub-Systems II, 95740S (2 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2186936

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