Smart Ionic Polymer Conductor Composite Materials as Multifunctional Distributed Nanosensors, Nanoactuators and Artificial Muscles

Materials ◽  
2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsen Shahinpoor
Keyword(s):  
Musical Instruments ◽  
Artificial Muscles ◽  
Modeling And Simulations ◽  
Metal Composites ◽  
Ionic Polymer Metal Composites ◽  
Data Glove ◽  
Ionic Polymer ◽  
Polymer Metal ◽  
Biomimetic Robotic Fish ◽  
Manufacturing Techniques

Basic recent results, properties and characteristics of ionic polymer conductor composites (IPCC) and ionic polymer metal composites (IPMC) as biomimetic distributed nanosensors, nanoactuators, nanotransducers and artificial muscles are briefly discussed in this paper. In particular the paper first starts with some fundamental considerations on biomimetic distributed nanosensing and nanoactuation and then expands its coverage to some recent advances in manufacturing techniques, force optimization, 3-D fabrication of IPMC’s, recent modeling and simulations, sensing and transduction and product development. The paper also covers some recent industrial and medical applications including a multi-fingered grippers (macro, micro, nano), biomimetic robotic fish and caudal fin actuators, diaphragm micropump, multi-string musical instruments, linear actuators made with IPMC’s, IPMC-based data glove and attire, IPMC-based heart compression/assist devices and systems, wing flapping flying system made with IPMC’s and a host of others.

Ionic Polymer Conductor Nano-Composites as Distributed Nanosensors, Nanoactuators and Artificial Muscles - A Review

2006 ◽  
Vol 949 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsen Shahinpoor
Keyword(s):  
Musical Instruments ◽  
Nano Composites ◽  
Artificial Muscles ◽  
Modeling And Simulations ◽  
Data Glove ◽  
Ionic Polymer ◽  
Force Optimization ◽  
Linear Actuators ◽  
Biomimetic Robotic Fish ◽  
Manufacturing Techniques

ABSTRACTBasic recent results, properties and characteristics of ionic polymer conductor nano-composites (IPCNC) as biomimetic distributed nanosensors, nanoactuators and artificial muscles are briefly discussed in this paper. Some fundamental considerations on biomimetic distributed nanosensing and nanoactuation are first presented and then expanded to cover some recent advances in manufacturing techniques, force optimization, 3-D fabrication of IPMC's, recent modeling and simulations, sensing and transduction and product development. This paper also covers some recent industrial and medical applications including a multi-fingered grippers (macro, micro, nano), biomimetic robotic fish and caudal fin actuators, diaphragm micropump, multi-string musical instruments, linear actuators made with IPMNC's, IPMNC-based data glove and attire, IPMNC-based heart compression/assist devices and systems, wing flapping flying system made with IPMNC's and a host of others.

Aided manufacturing techniques and applications in optics and manipulation for ionic polymer-metal composites as soft sensors and actuators

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 611-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanjie Wang ◽  
Hualing Chen ◽  
Jiayu Liu ◽  
Zicai Zhu ◽  
Longfei Chang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Energy ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
General Mechanism ◽  
Sensors And Actuators ◽  
Metal Composites ◽  
Ionic Polymer Metal Composites ◽  
Ionic Polymer ◽  
Polymer Metal ◽  
Manufacturing Techniques ◽  
Soft Actuators

Abstract Recently, ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs), which are becoming an increasingly popular material, have been used as soft actuators because of their inherent properties of light weight, flexibility, softness, especially efficient transformation from electrical energy to mechanical energy with large bending strain response under low activation voltage. This paper mainly focuses on a review on optical and micromanipulation applications of IPMCs as soft actuators. After presenting the general mechanism of sensing and actuating in IPMCs, recent progresses are discussed about the preparation process and practical technologies, especially for aided manufacturing techniques defined as the methods to fabricate IPMC into all kinds of shapes in terms of the demands, which are reviewed for the first time. Then, a number of recent IPMC applications for optical actuators, grippers and catheters are reviewed and investigated in this paper. Further developments and suggestions for IPMCs are also discussed. Extensive previous researches are provided for references in detail.

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