Electroactive Polymer

Ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs), have been shown to exhibit a unique two-way transduction ability – allowing for the capacity of both sensing and actuation. Prior, an in-depth analysis of the dominant behaviors of IPMC transduction has been disseminated into an all-encompassing model that accounts for the complex characteristics that entail IPMC physics. In this study, the sensing aspects of the model previously developed have been further expanded to include Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) physics, supplanting the prescribed displacement within the model with conditions similar to an in-lab test chamber. The research proposed establishes a basis for expanding IPMC modeling to include FSI and further characterization of the IPMC transduction phenomena.

The soft electroactive polymer material, ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC), has been used in several applications of soft-robotics …

Book chapter discusing the current advances and implementation of the IPMC-based artificial muscles. This includes an overview of the material and fabrication techniques, examples of bioinspired actuator and sensor designs, utilization of shape memory properties and segmented electrodes for more complex actuation, as well as the application and performance of fabricated devices in underwater environments.

Ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs) have been studied extensively in the field of actuation and sensing and have shown to have very …

The multiple-shape-memory ionic polymer–metal composite (MSM-IPMC) actuator can demonstrate complex 3D deformation. The MSM-IPMC has …