This paper describes a new microfabrication technique for bender-type electromechanical actuators made of an elastomeric electroactive polymer. The technique is based on a computer-controlled deposition of the active material with a microsyringe. The paper describes the developed microfabrication system and proposes a simple deposition model. The realization of solid-state unimorph bender actuators made of polyurethane as electrolyte and a mixture of carbon black and polyurethane as electrodes is presented. Prototype actuators fabricated both with the new technique were driven with electrical field of 100 V/μm and showed bending angles higher than 30°. In this way, we have demonstrated that it is possible to fabricate polyurethane based microactuators using a polyurethane/carbon black composite such as device.
Polyurethane unimorph bender microfabricated with Pressure Assisted Microsyringe (PAM) for biomedical applications / Tartarisco, G.; Gallone, G.; Carpi, F.; Vozzi, G.. - In: MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. C, BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS, SENSORS AND SYSTEMS. - ISSN 0928-4931. - ELETTRONICO. - 29:(2009), pp. 1835-1841. [10.1016/j.msec.2009.02.017]
Polyurethane unimorph bender microfabricated with Pressure Assisted Microsyringe (PAM) for biomedical applications
CARPI, FEDERICO;
2009
Abstract
This paper describes a new microfabrication technique for bender-type electromechanical actuators made of an elastomeric electroactive polymer. The technique is based on a computer-controlled deposition of the active material with a microsyringe. The paper describes the developed microfabrication system and proposes a simple deposition model. The realization of solid-state unimorph bender actuators made of polyurethane as electrolyte and a mixture of carbon black and polyurethane as electrodes is presented. Prototype actuators fabricated both with the new technique were driven with electrical field of 100 V/μm and showed bending angles higher than 30°. In this way, we have demonstrated that it is possible to fabricate polyurethane based microactuators using a polyurethane/carbon black composite such as device.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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