Ionic polymer metal composite is a class of electro-active polymers which are very attractive smart actuators due to its large bending deflection, high mechanical flexibility, low excitation voltage, low density, and ease of fabrication. These properties make IPMC a proper candidate for many applications in various fields such as robotics, aerospace, biomedicine, etc. Although the actuation beh...

OpenIPMC is a free and open source firmware designed to operate as an Intelligent Platform Management Controller (IPMC). An IPMC fundamental component of electronic boards conformant the Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA) standard, currently being adopted by number high energy physics experiments, responsible for monitoring health parameters board, managing its power stat...

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Abstract In this paper, we put forward a method to enhance the output power of ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) through magnetic field by combining ion-electronic and magnetoelectric effects. Firstly, confirmed that total voltage IPMC deformation originates from vector superposition effects when applied field. The open circuit were experimentally investigated adjusting deflecting frequency ...

Does intellectual property (IP) strategy improve the total factor productivity of enterprises (TFP)? This paper uses 21,930 enterprise-year observations China’s A-share listed from 2010–2020, adopts a multi-period difference-in-differences model, and constructs quasi-natural experiment on impacts model cities (IPMC) TFP. The findings are as follows: (1) IPMC significantly improves (2) It has la...

In this paper, a biological template method is introduced and investigated to fabricate ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC) strain sensor with bionic hierarchical structures. We utilized the multi-level structure of reed leaf surface, which can improve contact area between substrate electrode layers. Hierarchical structures were observed on IPMC samples, including pyramid strips width in range...

SUMMARY Ionic polymer metal composites (IPMC) have been widely investigated as newly-emerging materials for transducer applications due to their good performance, such as low weight, good flexibility and large strain. A bio-inspired design was described and applied to build 3-D papillae dome structure for vectorial tactile sensors. INTRODUCTION The electrical-chemical-mechanical effect in ionic...

Ionic polymer–metal composites (IPMCs) are biomimetic actuators and sensors. A typical IPMC consists of a thin perfluorinated ionomer membrane, with noble metal electrodes plated on both faces, and neutralized with the necessary amount of cations. A cantilevered strip of IPMC responds to an electric stimulus by generating large bending motions and, conversely, produces an electric potential upo...

Ionic polymer–metal composites (IPMC)—constructed using an ionic polymer sandwiched between metal electrodes—have shown great potential for the fabrication of soft actuators. IPMC architectures have many advantages including low actuation voltage, fast response, basic control, and relatively light weight. Poly(acrylic acid) (PAA)-based ion exchange membranes are particular interest devices due ...