All-Organic Motion Sensors: Electromechanical Modeling

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 wh...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on instrumentation and measurement 2009-10, Vol.58 (10), p.3731-3738
Main Authors: Di Pasquale, G., Fortuna, L., Graziani, S., La Rosa, M., Nicolosi, D., Sicurella, G., Umana, E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actuators
All-organic sensors and actuators
Biomembranes
Composite materials
Conducting materials
Conducting polymers
Conductivity
Detection
Electrode materials
Electrodes
Electromechanical sensors
Instrumentation
ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMC)
ionic polymer-polymer composites
Membranes
Motion sensors
organic conductors
Polymers
Sensors
Silicon
Testing
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0018-9456
1557-9662
DOI:10.1109/TIM.2009.2019321