Fabrication modeling analysis and application of silver electrode ionic polymer metal composite actuator

Abstract

Artificial muscle actuators mimicking the biological actuating mechanism are emerging as a new means of producing bio actuator Particularly ionic polymer metal composite IPMC actuator that can be actuated or driven by employing a voltage which results in large strains to produce force and change in displacements have shown much interest to the research community The ionic polymer metal composites originate from a class of advanced active materials commonly known as electro active polymers