Abstract

Ionic Polymer Polymer Composites (IP2Cs) are emerging materials used to realize motion actuators and sensors. In the former case a voltage input is able to cause the membrane to bend while in the latter case by bending an IP2C membrane, a voltage output is obtained.In this paper authors introduce a software tool able to estimate the dynamic behaviour for sensors based on IP2Cs working in air. In the proposed tool, geometrical quantities that rule the sensing properties of IP2C-based transducers are taken into account together with their dynamic characteristics. A graphical interface (GUI) has been developed in order to give a useful tool that allows the user to understand the behaviour and the role of the parameters involved in the transduction phenomena. The tool is based on the idea that a graphical user interface will allow persons not skilled in IP2C materials to observe their behaviour and to analyze their characteristics. This could greatly increase the interest of researchers towards this new class of transducers; moreover, it can support the educational activity of students involved in advanced academical courses.

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