TY - JOUR
T1 - Sensing mechanical deformation via ionic polymer metal composites
T2 - A primer
AU - Porfiri, Maurizio
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under grant no. OISE 1545857.
Funding Information:
The author would like to thank all of the coauthors of his work on IPMCs for their effort and intellectual contribution throughout the years. He must thank the National Science Foundation for supporting this line of research since the very beginning of his academic career at NYU. He also would like to express his gratitude to Alain Boldini for useful discussion and help in formatting the manuscript.
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PY - 2019/10
Y1 - 2019/10
N2 - Ionic polymer metal composites (IPMCs) were discovered about twenty five years ago by Prof. Oguro and his team in Japan [1], and evidence about metalizing ionomer membranes dates even earlier [2]. Since their discovery, IPMCs have been the object of intensive research across the entire globe [3]-[5]. In its simplest form, an IPMC is constituted by a hydrated ionomeric membrane (that is, an electrically-charged polymer), which is neutralized by mobile counterions in a solution and plated by noble metal electrodes. IPMCs can be used as actuators and sensors, whereby a voltage applied across the electrodes will elicit mechanical deformation, and an imposed mechanical deformation will induce a measurable voltage across the electrodes.
AB - Ionic polymer metal composites (IPMCs) were discovered about twenty five years ago by Prof. Oguro and his team in Japan [1], and evidence about metalizing ionomer membranes dates even earlier [2]. Since their discovery, IPMCs have been the object of intensive research across the entire globe [3]-[5]. In its simplest form, an IPMC is constituted by a hydrated ionomeric membrane (that is, an electrically-charged polymer), which is neutralized by mobile counterions in a solution and plated by noble metal electrodes. IPMCs can be used as actuators and sensors, whereby a voltage applied across the electrodes will elicit mechanical deformation, and an imposed mechanical deformation will induce a measurable voltage across the electrodes.
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U2 - 10.1109/IMM.2019.8868271
DO - 10.1109/IMM.2019.8868271
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85073871741
SN - 1094-6969
VL - 22
SP - 5
EP - 12
JO - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine
JF - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine
IS - 5
M1 - 8868271
ER -