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22 June 2016 IPMC cilia system for artificial muscle applications (Conference Presentation)
Taeseon Hwang, Viljar Palmre, Tyler P. Stalbaum, Qi Shen, Sarah Trabia, Kwang Jin Kim
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Proceedings Volume 9798, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2016; 979818 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2220447
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Abstract
Artificial muscle (AM) technology is an excellent candidate for creating cilia-based structures for bio-inspired locomotion, maneuvering, and acoustic systems. We developed an AM based cilia fiber which are soft, flexible, easily shaped and low power consumption. The developed cilium has a diameter of around 200 µm and prepared through polymer injection technique. Nafion was used for base polymer for cilia and fabricated IPMCs via platinum electroless plating process. The prepared cilia were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and thermogravimetric analysis. The 2 point probe was conducted to measure electrode surface resistance of prepared IPMCs. We further characterized the cross-sectional morphology and studied the electromechanical performances (displacement and blocking force) of the prepared IPMC actuators. Also we created prototype mm-sized AM fiber cilia array (3x20) and tested the actuation of AM cilia fiber under external electric field.
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Taeseon Hwang, Viljar Palmre, Tyler P. Stalbaum, Qi Shen, Sarah Trabia, and Kwang Jin Kim "IPMC cilia system for artificial muscle applications (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 9798, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2016, 979818 (22 June 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2220447
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KEYWORDS
Artificial muscles
Polymers
Actuators
Acoustics
Biomimetics
Calorimetry
Electroless plating
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