Recent advances in ionic polymer–metal composite actuators and their modeling and applications

C Jo, D Pugal, IK Oh, KJ Kim, K Asaka - Progress in Polymer Science, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive review of ionic polymer–metal composite (IPMC)
actuators. Recently, strong emphasis has been put on investigating various ionic polymer …

A review on IPMC material as actuators and sensors: fabrications, characteristics and applications

B Bhandari, GY Lee, SH Ahn - International journal of precision …, 2012 - Springer
In this paper we present a comprehensive review of ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC)
covering fundamentals of IPMC; from fabrication processes to control and applications …

A review of ionic polymeric soft actuators and sensors

Y Bahramzadeh, M Shahinpoor - Soft Robotics, 2014 - liebertpub.com
This article reviews properties and characteristics of soft ionic polymer–metal
nanocomposites as soft biomimetic multifunctional distributed robotic materials, soft …

[HTML][HTML] Ionic elastomers for electric actuators and sensors

C Feng, CPH Rajapaksha, A Jákli - Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
In the past decades, ion conductive polymers and elastomers have drawn worldwide
attention for their advanced functions in batteries, electroactive soft robotics, and sensors …

The state of understanding of ionic polymer metal composite architecture: a review

R Tiwari, E Garcia - Smart Materials and Structures, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Ionic polymer metal composites (IPMCs) are electroactive polymers (EAPs) that are used as
soft actuators and sensors. Various mechanical or chemical manufacturing techniques, used …

Review on improvement, modeling, and application of ionic polymer metal composite artificial muscle

Q He, G Yin, D Vokoun, Q Shen, J Lu, X Liu… - Journal of Bionic …, 2022 - Springer
Recently, researchers have concentrated on studying ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC)
artificial muscle, which has numerous advantages including a relatively large strain under …

Underwater energy harvesting from a heavy flag hosting ionic polymer metal composites

A Giacomello, M Porfiri - Journal of Applied Physics, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, we analyze underwater energy harvesting from the flutter instability of a heavy
flag hosting an ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC). The heavy flag comprises a highly …

An IPMC-enabled bio-inspired bending/twisting fin for underwater applications

V Palmre, JJ Hubbard, M Fleming… - Smart Materials and …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper discusses the design, fabrication, and characterization of an ionic polymer–metal
composite (IPMC) actuator-based bio-inspired active fin capable of bending and twisting …

Improving electrochemical stability and electromechanical efficiency of ipmcs: tuning ionic liquid concentration

KA Tozzi, R Gonçalves, R Barbosa… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Springer
In the field of soft actuators, Ionomeric Polymer Metal Composites (IPMC)-like devices are a
trend, exhibiting large displacement with low applied voltage. Its working mechanism is …

Review on the use of impedance spectroscopy for IPMC-like devices: application, models, and a new approach to data treatment

R Gonçalves, KA Tozzi, MC Saccardo… - Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Although efforts to model the electrochemical behavior of ionomeric polymer-metal
composite (IPMC) devices through electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) have …