@inproceedings{1ae40b570b6740cc95a4993e44f8018c,
title = "Modeling water motion in ionic polymer metal composites",
abstract = "Ionic polymer metal composites (IPMCs) are porous electroactive polymers that are characterized by a uniquely complex electrochemomechanical coupling. The literature includes several modeling approaches, many of which do not consider the presence of water or include its potential role only implicitly. Here, we propose a finite deformations model for IPMCs that accounts explicitly for the water motion within a thermodynamically consistent framework. Through finite element simulations, we disentangle the contribution of water dynamics on the physics of IPMCs. Such a model could be extended to include solution non-idealities, whose effects is presently elusive in IPMC actuation.",
keywords = "continuum models, electrochemistry, nite elements, porous media, solvent",
author = "Alain Boldini and Maurizio Porfiri",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} COPYRIGHT SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.; Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXIII 2021 ; Conference date: 22-03-2021 Through 26-03-2021",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1117/12.2581436",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Anderson, {Iain A.} and Shea, {Herbert R.} and Madden, {John D.}",
booktitle = "Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXIII",
}