Ionic electroactive polymer metal composites: Fabricating,modeling, and applications of postsilicon smart devices |
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| Authors: | Viviana De Luca Paolo Digiamberardino Giovanna Di Pasquale Salvatore Graziani Antonino Pollicino Elena Umana Maria Gabriella Xibilia |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica e Informatica, Università degli studi di Catania, Italy;2. Department of Computer and System Sciences “Antonio Ruberti,” Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Roma, Italy;3. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università degli studi di Catania, Italy;4. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Informatica, Edile, Ambientale e Matematica Applicata, Università degli studi di Messina, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Smart systems adapt to the surrounding environments in a number of ways. They are capable to scavenge energy from available sources, sense and elaborate external stimuli and adequately react. Electro Active Polymers are playing a main role in the realization of smart systems for applications if fields such as bio inspired and autonomous robotics, medicine, and aerospace. This paper focus on the possibility to use Ionic Polymer Metal Composites as a class of materials relevant to the realization of post silicon smart systems. The three main aspects of this new technology, i.e., fabrication methods, modeling, and applications are described with emphasis to most recent results. Attention is given to main challenges and shortcomings to be solved for technology, modelling, and control of IPMC based devices that need to be solved before this new technology can be fully exploited in real world applications. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2013 |
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| Keywords: | ionomers sensors stimuli-sensitive polymers |
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