Soft actuator using ionic polymer-metal composite composed of gold electrodes deposited using vacuum evaporation

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1087-1089

  Okazaki, Hiroshi ^a   Sawada, Shigeki ^a   Kimura, Mutsumi ^a   Tanaka, Hideki ^b   Matsumoto, Tetsurou ^b   Ohtake, Toshihiro ^b   Inoue, Satoshi ^b,c  

^a RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gold electrode; ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC); soft actuator; vacuum evaporation

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL SCANNING; DISPLACEMENT CHARACTERISTIC; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; FABRICATION PROCESS; GOLD ELECTRODES; IONIC POLYMER; IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES; RESEARCH FIELDS; SOFT ACTUATORS;

ELECTRODES; GOLD; POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VACUUM EVAPORATION;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

EID: 84862897789     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2012.2196970     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Y. Osada and D. E. De Rossi, Polymer Sensors and Actuators. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1999.
2. Y. Bar-Cohen, Electroactive Polymer (EAP), Actuators as Artificial Muscles, Reality, Potential, and Challenges. Bellingham, WA: SPIE, 2001.
3. K. Onishi, S. Sewa, K. Asaka, N. Fujiwara, and K. Oguro, "Morphology of electrodes and bending response of the polymer electrolyte actuator," Electrochim. Acta, vol. 46, pp. 737-743, 2001. (Pubitemid 32070629)
4. S.-G. Lee, H.-C. Park, S. D. Pandita, and Y. Yoo, "Performance improvement of IPMC (ionic polymer metal composites) for a flapping actuator," Int. J. Control, Autom., Syst., vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 748-755, 2006. (Pubitemid 44865641)
5. Z. Chen and X. Tan, "Monolithic fabrication of ionic polymer-metal composite actuators capable of complex deformation," Sens. Actuators A, Phys., vol. 157, no. 2, pp. 246-257, Dec. 2010.
6. R. Tiwari and E. Garcia, "The state of understanding of ionic polymer metal composite architecture: A review," Smart Mater. Struct., vol. 20, no. 8, p. 083001, Aug. 2011.
7. [Online]. Available: http://www2.dupont.com/FuelCells/en-US/products/ nafion.html
8. [Online]. Available: http://www.sanyu-electron.co.jp/seihin/grp-svc- 700tmsg.html
9. N. Fujiwara, K. Asaka, Y. Nishimura, K. Oguro, and E. Torikai, "Preparation of gold-solid polymer electrolyte composites as electric stimuliresponsive materials," Chem. Mater., vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 1750-1754, 2000.
10. I. Takeuchi, K. Asaka, K. Kiyohara, T. Sugino, N. Terasawa, K. Mukai, T. Fukushima, and T. Aida, "Electromechanical behavior of fully plastic actuators based on bucky gel containing various internal ionic liquids," Electrochim. Acta, vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 1762-1768, Feb. 2009.
11. Y. Kato, T. Sekitani, M. Takamiya, M. Doi, K. Asaka, T. Sakurai, and T. Someya, "Sheet-type Braille displays by integrating organic fieldeffect transistors and polymeric actuators," IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 202-209, Feb. 2007. (Pubitemid 46358405)