Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DIELECTRICS AND ELECTRICAL INSULATION
Volume 17, Issue 4, Pages 1050-1055Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2010.5539674
Keywords
Piezoelectricity; poly-L-lactic acid; chiral polymer; fiber
Funding
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology [21550121]
- HRC project
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21550121] Funding Source: KAKEN
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In order to control the bending motion of poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) fiber, which is one type of chiral polymer, caused by its shear piezoelectricity upon applying electric field, we simulated the electric field distribution in the PLLA fiber by a finite-element method. As a result, we found that the electric field distribution depends strongly on the distance between the electrodes on the surface of the PLLA fiber. On the basis of the simulation results, we design some electrodes on the surface of the PLLA fiber. When we applied an electric field with a tangential component in the cross section perpendicular to the fiber axis, using one electrode, linear motion could be realized owing to its piezoelectricity. Furthermore, when we added a radial component of the electric field using another electrode, the motion could be changed from linear to elliptical.
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