EAP as multifunctional and biomimetic materials

Toribio Fernandez Otero; Igor Cantero; Sara Villanueva

doi:10.1117/12.349699

28 May 1999 EAP as multifunctional and biomimetic materials

Toribio Fernandez Otero, Igor Cantero, Sara Villanueva

Proceedings Volume 3669, Smart Structures and Materials 1999: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.349699
Event: 1999 Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 1999, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

Polyconjugated and electroactive materials are, when used for electrochemical devices, soft, wet and complex materials. Polymeric chains, water and inorganic ions are the main constituents, mimicking the composition of those organs constituents of the living creatures. During reverse electrochemical reactions, those electroactive polymers change, under control of the consumed charge: volume, color, stored charge, composition, porosity, etc. Those changes allow the design of devices such as artificial muscles, smart skins, electric organs, nervous interfaces, smart medical dosage, smart membranes, all of them working under electrochemical control. This multifunctionality will be reviewed.

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Toribio Fernandez Otero, Igor Cantero, and Sara Villanueva "EAP as multifunctional and biomimetic materials", Proc. SPIE 3669, Smart Structures and Materials 1999: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices, (28 May 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.349699

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