Self-sensing ionic polymer actuators: a review

K Kruusamäe, A Punning, A Aabloo, K Asaka - Actuators, 2015 - mdpi.com
Ionic electromechanically active polymers (IEAP) are laminar composites that can be
considered attractive candidates for soft actuators. Their outstanding properties such as low …

Fundamentals of ionic polymer metal composites (IPMCs)

M Shahinpoor - 2015 - books.rsc.org
Ionic polymers such as polyelectrolytes in a nano-composite form with a conductive phase
such as a metal, a synthetic metal or a conductive polymer of carbon, graphite or graphene …

Integrated static and dynamic modeling of an ionic polymer–metal composite actuator

AB Sun, D Bajon, JM Moschetta… - Journal of Intelligent …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Ionic polymer–metal composites have been widely used as actuators for robotic systems. In
this article, we investigate and verify the characteristics of ionic polymer–metal composite …

Electromechanical distributed modeling of ionic polymer metal composites

V Vunder, A Punning, A Aabloo - 2015 - books.rsc.org
The models that describe the relationships between the electrical and mechanical behavior
of IPMCs are essential tools for understanding their actuation or sensing mechanisms …