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Electromechanical Modeling of Encapsulated Ionic Polymer Transducers
… allow the design and evaluation of encapsulated ionic polymer transducers is developed. This model in based on a linearly coupled, two port, electrical equivalent circuit model (Newbury, 2002). The proposed model incorporates multilayer beam theory to model the passive stiffness effects of the …
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Characterization, Modeling, and Control of Ionic Polymer Transducers
Ionic polymers are a recently discovered class of active materials that exhibit bidirectional electromechanical coupling. They are `soft' transducers that perform best when the mechanical deformation involves bending of the transducer. Ionic polymers are low voltage actuators -- they only require …
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Actuation and Charge Transport Modeling of Ionic Liquid-Ionic Polymer Transducers
Ionic polymer transducers (IPTs) are soft sensors and actuators which operate through a coupling of micro-scale chemical, electrical, and mechanical mechanisms. The use of ionic liquid as solvent for an IPT has been shown to dramatically increase transducer lifetime in free-air use, while also …
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Modeling and characterization of ionic polymer transducers for sensing and actuation
Ionic polymer transducers comprise a class of active material that exhibit interesting chemoelectromechanical coupling capabilities. With the ability to convert energy between chemical, electrical and mechanical domains, these materials offer potential for use in numerous engineering applications. …
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Manufacture and Characterization of Ionic Polymer Transducers Employing Non-Precious Metal Electrodes
Ionic polymer membranes are commonly used in fuel cell power generation, water electrolysis and desalinization, chlorine generation, and other niche applications. Since the early 1990s ionic polymer membranes have also shown promise as distributed electromechanical actuators and sensors. The cost …
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Characterization and Modeling of the Ionomer-Conductor Interface in Ionic Polymer Transducers
Ionomeric polymer transducers consist of an ion-exchange membrane plated with conductive metal layers on its outer surfaces. Such materials are known to exhibit electromechanical coupling under the application of electric fields and imposed deformation (Oguro et al., 1992; Shahinpoor et al., 1998). …
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A Novel Use for Ionic Polymer Transducers for Ionic Sensing in Liquid
Ionic electroactive polymers have been developed as mechanical sensors or actuators, taking advantage of the electromechanical coupling of the materials. This research attempts to take advantage of the chemomechanical and chemoelectrical coupling by characterizing the transient response as the …
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Characterization, Modeling, and Control of the Nonlinear Actuation Response of Ionic Polymer Transducers
Ionic polymer transducers are a class of electroactive polymer materials that exhibit coupling between the electrical, chemical, and mechanical domains. With the ability for use as both sensors and actuators, these compliant, light weight, low voltage materials have the potential to benefit diverse …
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Synthesis and Characterization of Branched Ionomers for Performance in Ionic Liquid – Swollen Ionic Polymer Transducers
Ionic polymer transducers (IPT) are a class of electroactive polymer devices that exhibit electromechanical coupling through charge transport in ionomeric membranes that contain a charge mobilizing diluent and are interfaced with conducting electrodes. Applications of these active materials have …
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Designing Multiphase Step-Growth Polymers for Advanced Technologies: From Electromechanical Transducers to Additive Manufacturing
The synthesis and characterization of step-growth polymers with novel monomers provided materials with tailored properties for emerging technologies. Specifically, multiphase materials (i.e., microphase separated block copolymers) exploit the synergistic relationship of combining polymers with …
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Tailoring Structure and Function of Imidazole-Containing Block Copolymers for Emerging Applications from Gene Delivery to Electromechanical Devices
… of applications including gene delivery vectors, ionic liquids, electromechanical actuators, and novel monomers and polymers. The imidazole ring provides a unique building block for these applications due to its thermal stability, aromatic nature, ability to form ionic salts, and ease of …