| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Recent Advances in Functional Materials and 2D/3D Processing for Sensors and Electronic Applications
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| Presentation Title |
Multi-material Additive Manufacturing of Ionomeric Polymer Membranes with 3D Topologies |
| Author(s) |
Kwang Kim, Zakai J. Olsen |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Kwang Kim |
| Abstract Scope |
In recent years the development of soft-robotics has focused heavily on electroactive polymer (EAP) sensors/actuators, ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs) being one of interest. The ionomeric membranes core to the structure of IPMC sensors/actuators have traditionally been fabricated from planar sheets of material from industry manufacturers, but in recent years the additive manufacturing of ionomeric precursor has been demonstrated and lead to numerous advances in actuator geometry. Currently, the additively manufactured membranes have all been made with a uniform footprint geometry that has been extruded in the normal direction, and hence only demonstrate complex geometry in one plane. Utilizing the multi-material capabilities of 3D printers, new ionomeric membranes are explored which feature 3D topologies and have complex geometry in more than one plane. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: Supplemental Proceedings volume |