Frequency response of anisotropic ionic polymer metal composites (IPMC) transducers

Boyko L. Stoimenov; Jonathan Rossiter; Toshiharu Mukai; Kinji Asaka

doi:10.1117/12.776520

10 April 2008 Frequency response of anisotropic ionic polymer metal composites (IPMC) transducers

Boyko L. Stoimenov, Jonathan Rossiter, Toshiharu Mukai, Kinji Asaka

Proceedings Volume 6927, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2008; 69270K (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.776520
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The emergence of soft polymer actuators brings a great deal of excitement in the robotics and biomedical engineering community because of the possibilities to easily mimic the motion of living organisms and ability to manipulate living tissue and cells without damaging it. Some of the applications of soft polymer actuators, such as micropumps, require them to operate at high frequency and large displacement, which usually achieved near resonance. It would be beneficial for the designer, if he could easily tailor the frequency response and the resonance frequency to suit the operating conditions. We propose such an effective method of modification of the frequency response of ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) actuators by introducing an anisotropic roughness on their surface.

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Boyko L. Stoimenov, Jonathan Rossiter, Toshiharu Mukai, and Kinji Asaka "Frequency response of anisotropic ionic polymer metal composites (IPMC) transducers", Proc. SPIE 6927, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2008, 69270K (10 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.776520

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