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US 2012/0169184 A1Published application
Electroactive polymer manufacturing
AssigneeBayer MaterialScience AG
InventorsRonald E. Pelrine, Roy D. Kornbluth, Qibing Pei, Seajin Oh, Jose P. Joseph
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Abstract
Described herein are transducers and their fabrication. The transducers convert between mechanical and electrical energy. Some transducers of the present invention include a pre-strained polymer. The pre-strain improves the conversion between electrical and mechanical energy. The present invention provides methods for fabricating electromechanical devices including one or more electroactive polymers.
Claims9
1-20. (canceled)
A transducer for converting between mechanical and electrical energy, the transducer comprising:
- a polymer arranged in a manner which causes a portion of the polymer to deflect in response to a change in electric field and/or arranged in a manner which causes a change in electric field in response to deflection of the polymer;
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- an electrode having a non-uniform surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.