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PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 38, Issue 7, Pages 1037-1066Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2013.04.003
Keywords
IPMC; EAP; Nafion; Modeling; Biomimetics
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Funding
- U.S. Office of Naval Research [N00014-13-1-0274]
- National Science Foundation [1265123]
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
- Korea government (MEST) [2012R1A2A2A01047543, 2008-005994]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2012R1A2A2A01047543, 2008-0059994] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
- Division Of Computer and Network Systems
- Direct For Computer & Info Scie & Enginr [1265123] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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This paper presents a comprehensive review of ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC) actuators. Recently, strong emphasis has been put on investigating various ionic polymer membranes for high-performance IPMC actuators and overcoming some drawbacks of ionic polymer actuators to improve stability and reliability. The paper gives an overview of different types of sulfonated ionic polymer membranes. Various emerging materials that exhibit notably good deformation, stability, and efficiency are extensively considered. A thorough comparison of different state-of-the-art ion exchange membranes is presented. Along with the material study, recent trends in modeling and control approached of IPMC actuators are presented. Although fundamental models of IPMC were proposed over a decade ago, physics-based models are still being developed in order to study specific aspects of the actuators and to develop a control design for practical applications. Therefore, this paper considers the latest actuation models and control designs of IPMC actuator and various promising prototype applications that lead the way in using the materials for real applications in future. (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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