A Short Review on Fabrication Methods of Micro-Cantilever for Ionic Electroactive Polymer Sensors/Actuators

نویسندگان

  • E. Abdel-Rahman Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
  • M. H. Ghajar Departement of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
  • M. Irannejad Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
  • M. Mousavi Departement of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
  • M. Yavuz2 Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
  • S. Burzhuev Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
چکیده مقاله:

   Micro-electroactive polymers have wide applications from industry to healthcare. Artificial muscles, microvalves, microswitches, haptic sensing, blood pressure and pulse monitoring are some potential applications for micro-electroactive polymers. The most advantage of micro-electroactive polymers as sensors and actuators is bio-compatibility and low power threshold for large deformations. In this short review, some applicable fabrication methods of micro-electroactive polymer cantilever are reviewed. Furthermore, a novel method based on standard micro fabrication techniques is designed and discussed in details which presents a conceptual design of a micro-electroactive polymer cantilever on a polymeric anchor located on a silicon substrate for future works.

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عنوان ژورنال

دوره 14  شماره 2

صفحات  101- 109

تاریخ انتشار 2018-05-01

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