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40
Tip deflection points
Tip force points
30
20
10
0
0
2 4
Step voltage, volts
6
8
10
(d)
Figure 2.2(d)
Variation of tip blocking force and the associated deflection if allowed to move
versus the applied step voltage for a 1 cm
×
5 cm
×
0.3 mm IPMNC Pt-Pd sample in a
cantilever configuration.
IPMC composite sensor
Electrodes
Flip
0.008
0.006
0.004
0.002
0.000
-0.002
-0.004
-0.006
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
Time (sec)
FIGURE 2.3
0.2 mm
manually flipped off by about 1 cm tip deflection in a cantilever form and then released.
A typical sensing response of an IPMNC strip of 0.5 cm
×
2 cm
×
