Ion exchange membrane-platinum composites as electrically controllable artificial muscles

Mehran Mojarrad; Mohsen Shahinpoor

doi:10.1117/12.237094

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26 April 1996 Ion exchange membrane-platinum composites as electrically controllable artificial muscles

Mehran Mojarrad, Mohsen Shahinpoor

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Proceedings Volume 2779, 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Materials and 3rd European Conference on Smart Structures and Materials; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.237094
Event: 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Materials, 1996, Lyon, France

Abstract

Ion exchange membranes (JEM) chemically treated with platinum salt so1uions gives rise to IEM-platinum composites that undergo large deformations in an electric field of a few volts (2-4 volts/mm). They also show remarkable vibrational characteristics of about 80 lIz bandwidth. A simple theoretical treatment as well as some experimental evidence on the dependence of deformation amplitude on the imposed voltages and frequencies are presented.

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Mehran Mojarrad and Mohsen Shahinpoor "Ion exchange membrane-platinum composites as electrically controllable artificial muscles", Proc. SPIE 2779, 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Materials and 3rd European Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, (26 April 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.237094

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