All-Organic Motion Sensors: Electromechanical Modeling

Author

Di Pasquale, Giovanna ; Fortuna, Luigi ; Graziani, Salvatore ; La Rosa, Manuela ; Nicolosi, Donata ; Sicurella, Giovanni ; Umana, Elena

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Metodologie Fisiche e Chimiche per l´´lngegneria, Univ. degli studi di Catania, Catania, Italy

Volume

58

Issue

10

fYear

2009

Firstpage

3731

Lastpage

3738

Abstract

A new class of materials called ionic polymer-polymer composites has been investigated to demonstrate the sensing and acting capabilities of these all-organic structures. Samples have been realized by covering Nafion membranes, with Orgacon 3040 conducting polymer as electrode material. Membranes whose electrodes were manufactured using the drop-casting technique exhibited the best electromechanical performances. Sensors have been tested in a dedicated experimental setup to model their electromechanical transduction behavior. Thus, the obtained model has been validated.

Keywords

nonelectric sensing devices; polymers; Nafion membranes; Orgacon 3040 conducting polymer; all-organic motion sensors; drop-casting technique; electrode material; electromechanical modeling; electromechanical transduction behavior; ionic polymer-polymer composites; All-organic sensors and actuators; ionic polymer–metal composites (IPMC); ionic polymer–polymer composites; organic conductors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIM.2009.2019321

Filename

5164926