2020 SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, USA

SPIE Photonics West 2020, San Francisco, USA

February 1 - 6, 2020 (Sun. - Thur.), Moscone Centor

High-Performance Ionic Polymer Mechanotransducer for Soft Tactile Feedback

Yongchan Kim, Changhyeon Cho, So Young Kim, Hanbin Choi, Do Hwan Kim, and Hojin Lee

Abstract

  In this talk, we propose an i-EAP actuator with wide bandwidth of over 200 Hz and high blocking force based on PEDOT:PSS electrode with additives and ionic-polymer with nanofibrillary network for effective haptic feedback. In particular, we developed an actuator that improves the interfacial properties between electrodes and an ionic-polymer as well as electrical conductivity of electrodes by simple and effective way through spray-coating of PEDOT:PSS solution with additives. As a result, the proposed i-EAP actuator was successfully operated with a large displacement up to 2.7 mm at an operating frequency of 20 mHz under an applied voltage of 2 V. These our actuator is capable of driving up to a high frequency of 200 Hz and shows an improved blocking force up to 0.4 mN. We believe our i-EAP actuator will provide a rational guide to future haptic feedback.