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From IPMC Transducers to All-Organic Transducers

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering ((LNEE,volume 162))

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This paper presents a summary about the research activity performed on characterizations and modeling of new polymeric transducers. More specifically, Ionic Polymer–Metal Composites (IPMCs) have been widely explored and a new class of totally organic transducers: Ionic Polymer-Polymer Composites (IP2Cs) have been introduced. The manufacturing technique, the electromechanical characterization and modeling of these polymeric transducers are described.

The research activity presented in the paper has been partially supported by the PRIN 2008 project ‘Innovative all-polymeric ionic transducers for post-silicon applications: realization, modeling, metrological characterization and applications’ of the Italian Ministero dell’Istruzione dell’Università e della Ricerca.

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  1. DIIM, Università degli Studi di Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, Catania, Italy

    G. Di Pasquale

  2. DIEEI, Università degli Studi di Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, Catania, Italy

    S. Graziani & E. Umana

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  1. Institute of Applied Physics IFAC-CNR, Firenze, Italy

    Francesco Baldini

  2. University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

    Arnaldo D’Amico

  3. University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

    Corrado Di Natale

  4. Inst for Microelectronics & Microsystems IMM-CNR, Lecce, Lecce, Italy

    Pietro Siciliano

  5. Department of Chemistry, Univ. of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    Renato Seeber

  6. Inst for Microelectronics & Microsystems IMM-CNR, Napoli, Napoli, Italy

    Luca De Stefano

  7. Institute of Biophysics, IBF-CNR, Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Ranieri Bizzarri

  8. DIEEI - Engineering Faculty, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

    Bruno Andò

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Di Pasquale, G., Graziani, S., Umana, E. (2014). From IPMC Transducers to All-Organic Transducers. In: Baldini, F., et al. Sensors. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 162. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3860-1_44

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