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Electroactive polymer actuated gripper enhanced with iron oxide nanoparticles and water supply mechanism for millimeter-sized fish roe manipulation
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Electroactive polymer actuated gripper enhanced with iron oxide nanoparticles and water supply mechanism for millimeter-sized fish roe manipulation

Guo-Hua Feng and Shih-Chieh Yen
2017 IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing Conference, EDTM 2017 - Proceedings, pp.216-218
06/2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/EDTM.2017.7947570

Abstract

Actuator electroactive nanoparticle Hardware and Architecture Electrical and Electronic Engineering
This paper presents an electroactive polymer (EAP) actuator controlled scissor-type gripper (Fig. 1). The EAP actuator is made of ion polymer metal composite (IPMC). By doping Fe 2 O 3 nanoparticles into IPMC, the actuator exhibits larger force output and 2-fold increase of maximum deformation compared to the pure IPMC actuator. Using water retaining poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAM) made water supply mechanism results in a 10-fold increase of actuation capability. Using the gripper to manipulate the millimeter-sized fish roe is verified.

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