All-organic sensor/actuator system

An organic transducer, comprising:

• a transducing element that includes a core sheet of an ion exchange organic material, and first and second electrically conductive layers each of an electrically conductive organic material, at least part of the sheet being sandwiched between the first and second electrically conductive layers, the first electrically conductive layer being coupled to a first major surface of the sheet and the second electrically conductive layer being coupled to a second major surface of the sheet that is opposite to the first major surface;
• a functional circuit defined in an organic multilayer stack at least partly over a dedicated area of the sensing element, the multilayer stack including:
• an organic dielectric buffer layer on a circuit portion of said core sheet;
• a semiconductive organic polymeric layer over said buffer layer, the semiconductive organic polymeric layer including defined areas of active circuital components;
• a first patterned conductive polymeric filler layer for realizing source and drain contacts with said defined semiconductive organic polymeric layer, first plates of integrated capacitors, first integrated resistors, and first electrical connection lines;
• a dielectric organic polymer layer over said defined areas of said semiconductive organic polymeric layer;
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• a second patterned conductive polymeric filler layer constituting gate electrodes over said dielectric organic polymer layer and said defined areas of the semiconductive organic polymeric layer, second plates of said integrated capacitors, second integrated resistors and second electrical connection lines;
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• a power source for powering said functional circuit, the power source including a micro battery coupled to the functional circuit.

An organic transducer, comprising:

• a transducing element that includes:
• a flexible core sheet of an ion exchange organic material;
• a first electrically conductive flexible layer of an electrically conductive organic material coupled to a first major surface of the sheet;
• a second electrically conductive flexible layer of an electrically conductive organic material coupled to opposite second major surface of the sheet opposite to the first major surface;
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• a transistor including:
• a semiconductive organic polymeric layer on a portion of the sheet, the semiconductive organic polymeric layer including an active area;
• first and second conductive polymeric terminals in contact with said semiconductive organic polymeric layer;
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• a conductive polymeric control terminal coupled to said active area of the semiconductive organic polymeric layer.