Ionic polymer transducers (IPT) based on electroactive polymers (EAP) display
electromechanical coupling that enables breakthroughs in the design of high-performance …

This paper primarily focuses on the manufacturing process of palladium-electroded ionic
polymer–metal composite (IPMC). First, according to the special properties of Pd, many …

Microfluidic devices and micro-pumps are increasingly necessitated in many fields ranging
from untethered soft robots, to pharmaceutical and biomedical technology. While realization …

Ionic polymer–metal composites (IPMCs) have been considered for various applications due
to their light weight, large bending, and low actuation voltage requirements. However, their …

离子聚合物-金属复合材料(Ionic polymer-metal composites, IPMC) 作为一种特点突出,
性能优良的软体智能材料, 具有极高的研究和实用价值, 受到了国内外研究人员的广泛关注 …

The importance of electrode/polymer interface in the electro-mechanical properties of Ionic
Polymer Metal Composite has been more and more emphasized in recent years. Among the …

This paper reports a novel, wireless magnetic polymer material actuator for implantable
devices. Unlike existing magnetically-driven actuators, the proposed configuration requires …

This work deals with numerical modeling of fluid-structure interactions of a strip-shaped
IPMC actuation in an aqueous environment. We consider an electro-chemo-mechanical …

In this study, we are testing a sensing response of recently developed IPMC fabrication
method,“IPMC Paint”, which can be directly sprayed onto any complex surface. In order to …

IPMC was considered as a polyelectrolyte membrane sandwiched between two flat
electrodes in most of its theoretical models. However, structural idealization (ignorance of …