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IPMCs as EAPs: How to Start Experimenting with Them

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This chapter describes how to start experiments with ionic polymer–metal composite (IPMC) actuators. In the first part, a fabrication of IPMC actuator element is summarized. In the next part, how to setup a measurement system of IPMC actuator and test the actuator performance is described. In the last part, a control method of IPMC actuator is discussed. From the information in this chapter, experiments with IPMC actuators can be started.

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  1. Inorganic Functional Material Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-8-31 Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka, 563-8577, Japan

    Kinji Asaka

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV, 89154, USA

    Kwang Kim & Viljar Palmre

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Kam K. Leang

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, 78758, USA

    Karl Kruusamäe

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    Federico Carpi

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Asaka, K., Kruusamäe, K., Kim, K., Palmre, V., Leang, K.K. (2016). IPMCs as EAPs: How to Start Experimenting with Them. In: Carpi, F. (eds) Electromechanically Active Polymers. Polymers and Polymeric Composites: A Reference Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31530-0_10

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