• 센서학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.112-120
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• 2003

이온 전도성 고분자와 금속의 복합물을 제작하고 이를 액추에이터로 이용하였다. 이온 전도성 고분자의 양면에 백금을 무전해 도금하여 전극으로 사용하고 이 두 개의 전극에 교류전압을 인가하면 구부러지는 형태의 빔 형 액추에이터를 제작할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 액추에이터의 제작 과정을 상술하고 이를 이용하여 이동형 액추에이터를 제작하였다. 이동형 액추에이터는 전선이 없는 형태로 하단의 전극 레일을 이용하여 전압을 인가하며 진동하는 빔 형 액추에이터의 충격을 흡수하며 앞으로 진행한다. 제작한 이동형 액추에이터는 최대 약 24cm/min 정도의 속도를 갖는 것으로 측정되었다.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2007년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.714-717
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• 2007

In this study, a novel actuator was developed by employing the newly-synthesized ionic networking membrane (INM) of poly (styrene-alt-maleic anhydride) (PSMAn)-incorporated poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF). Based on the same original membrane, various samples of INM actuator were prepared through different reduction times with the electroless-plating technique. The as-prepared INM actuators were tested in terms of surface resistance, platinum morphology, resonance frequency, tip displacement, current and blocked force, and their performance was compared to that of the widely-used traditional Nafion actuator. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) revealed that much smaller and more uniform platinum particles were formed on the surfaces of the INM actuators as well as within their polymer matrix. Although excellent harmonic response was observed for the newly-developed INM actuators, this was found to be sensitive to the applied reduction times during the fabrication. The mechanical displacement of the INM actuator fabricated after optimum reduction times was much larger than that of its Nafion counterpart of comparable thickness under the stimulus of constant and alternating current voltage.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.263-267
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• 2006

A new thermal bimorph actuator for large out-of-plane displacement is designed, fabricated and tested. The deflecting beam is composed of polyimide, heater, and polyvinyl difluorides with tetrafluoroethylene (PVDF-TrFE). The large difference of coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of two polymer layers (polyimide and PVDF-TrFE) can generate a significant deflection with relatively small temperature rise. Compared to the most conventional micro actuators based on MEMS (micro-electro mechanical system) technology, a large displacement, over 1 mm at 20 mW, could be achieved. Additionally, we can achieve response time of 14.6 ms, resonance frequency of 12 Hz, and reliability ability of $10^5$ cycles. The proposed actuator can find applications where a large vertical displacement is needed while maintaining compact overall device size, such as a micro zooming lens, micro mirror, micro valve and optical application.

• 폴리머
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.105-112
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• 2002

연구는 electro-active polymer(EAP)의 특성을 가지는 ion-exchange polymer metal composite(IPMC)을 이용하여 지능형 대장내시경 개발에 목적을 두고 있다. IPMC는 낮은 구동전압과 빠른 반응속도로 인하여 매우 매력적인 물질이다. 본 연구에서는 IPMC구동기의 전극을 무전의 도금 방법을 이용하여 용액함침-환원방법(impregnation-reduction method)으로 제조하였으며 코팅된 백금전극의 횟수에 따라 변위와 변화를 측정하였다. 구동특성을 알아보기 위하여 길이, 주파수에 대한 변위, 힘을 측정하였으며, 주파수 대역은 저주파 대역과 공명주파수 대역을 사용하는 것이 적합하다는 결론을 얻었다. 또한 다양한 구동적 특성과 수분의 함량에 따른 영향에 대해 고전적 적층 이론 (classical laminate theory, CLT)을 이용하여 이방성 IPMC의 응력분포와 수분이동에 따른 모멘트, 변형률, 곡률(cuvature)을 모델링 하였다.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2008년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.374-375
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• 2008

In this study, the nano-composite actuator based on Fullerene and Nafion was newly developed to improve the electro active polymer actuators. The tensile test was employed to define the mechanical stiffness and strength of the nano-composite membrane. Also, the bending displacement of the Fullerene-Nafion based nano-composite actuator was investigated under DC and AC excitations with various magnitudes and frequencies. As a result, the new nano-composite actuator based on Fullerene-Nafion shows much larger deformation than the pure Nafion based actuator and solves the straightening back Problem of the previous electro active polymer actuators.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2004년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1286-1289
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• 2004

A new thermal bimorph actuator for large out-of-plane displacement is designed, fabricated and tested. The deflecting beam is composed of polyimide, heater, and polyvinyl difluorides with tetrafluoroethylene(PVDF-TrFE). The large difference of coefficient of thermal expansion(CTE) of two polymer layers (polyimide and PVDF-TrFE) can generate a large deflection with relatively small temperature rising. Compared to the most conventional micro actuators based on MEMS(micro-electro mechanical system) technology, a large displacement, over 1 mm at 20 mW, could be achieved. The proposed actuator can find applications where a large vertical displacement is needed while keeping compact overall device size, such as a micro zooming lens.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.24-30
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• 2008

The laminate IPMC actuator have been developed with a commercial Nafion film and platinum electrodes. Equivalent beam and equivalent bimorph beam models for IPMC(Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite) actuators are described. By using a beam equation with estimated physical properities and actuation displacements of a cantilevered IPMC actuator are estimated. And Finite element analysis(FEA) was done by ANSYS.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.579-580
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• 2010

• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.429-435
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• 2007

A number of different alternative actuation methods have been under active development for some specific applications where the traditional electromechanical actuators are difficult to apply. Recently, many of these substitutes are trying to employ new smart materials like electroactive polymers. However most of the polymeric materials are flexible and vulnerable so that they normally can not sustain external forces. Although the materials have shown a good potential to be used for alternative actuation mechanisms, no tangible industrial application is yet presented because of the reason. A conceptual design for a rectilinear motion actuator using dielectric elastomer is presented in this article. The introduced design concept might enable to produce fairly controllable rectilinear motions for various applications and the presented prototype actuator system is fully packaged in a small unit and controlled by a standard communication interface.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.156-163
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• 2013

This paper describes a flexible visuo-haptic display module. We have developed a flexible electro-active polymer (EAP) actuator and a thin flexible visual display with $3{\times}3$ array configuration via polymer technology. The flexible actuator consists of nine EAP cells vertically moving in response to change in their thickness. The flexible display uses polymer based optical waveguide allowing light to scatter only at specific area. The display film is transparent and identically designed to the array pattern to fit for the arrangement of actuator cells. A pressure sensor is installed under the integrated module. The performance of the actuator is proved to be sufficient for satisfying perceivable range of human touch sense. The integrated system can provide interactive haptic feedback such as key pressing, contact vibration sensations, and etc. in accordance with user input.