A Method to Characterize IPMC Membrane Sensor

Author

Bonomo, Claudia ; Fortuna, Luigi ; Graziani, Salvatore ; Strazzeri, Salvatore ; Giannone, Pietro

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica e dei Sistemi, Catania Univ.

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

16-19 May 2005

Firstpage

576

Lastpage

580

Abstract

Ionic polymer metal composites (IPMCs) are emerging materials used to realize motion sensors and actuators. In the former case by bending an IPMC membrane an electric signal is obtained, while in the latter case an electric input is able to cause the membrane to bend. Hence, it makes sense to investigate the opportunity to use IPMCs to build either actuators or sensors. Though a number of interesting properties have been described for such materials, few results have been obtained regarding their characterization. In this work, a new experimental setup to investigate IPMC behaviour as sensors is described and some results of the analysis of sensing properties of IPMCs strips are presented. In particular attention is focused on the influence of IPMC structure on the performance of the sensor and preliminary results concerning its life time are shows

Keywords

composite materials; electric sensing devices; membranes; polymers; IPMC behaviour; IPMC membrane sensor; IPMC strips; IPMC structure; electric signal; ionic polymer metal composites; motion actuators; motion sensors; Actuators; Biomembranes; Composite materials; Inorganic materials; Mechanical sensors; Polymers; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; Strips; Voltage; IPMC; experimental setup; life time; sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2005. IMTC 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8879-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2005.1604182

Filename

1604182