This paper presents a comprehensive review of ionic polymer–metal composite (IPMC)
actuators. Recently, strong emphasis has been put on investigating various ionic polymer …

In the field of soft robotics, ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs) have shown great
promise in the advancement of bioinspired actuators and sensors. Their affinity for use in …

This paper investigates the transduction of a piezoaeroelastic energy harvester under the
combination of vibratory base excitations and aerodynamic loadings. The harvester which …

Piezoelectric and electromagnetic transduction techniques have peculiar advantages to
leverage in the growing field of flow energy harvesting from aeroelastic vibrations. This letter …

Discrete vortex rings im**ing on concave hemispherical cavities were explored
experimentally. Planar laser-induced fluorescence, two-dimensional particle image …

In this paper, we analyze the chemoelectrical behavior of ionic polymer metal composites
(IPMCs) in the small voltage range with a novel hypothesis on the charge dynamics in …

In this paper, we study energy harvesting from the beating of a biomimetic fish tail using
ionic polymer–metal composites. The design of the biomimetic tail is based on carangiform …

In this paper, a novel method for fabrication of an ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC)-
based humidity sensor is developed and optimized. IPMC is a kind of smart material that can …

In this paper, we develop a physics-based model for the charge dynamics of ionic polymer
metal composites (IPMCs) in response to mechanical deformations. The proposed …

The unsteady response of finite-length rigid circular cylinders with spanwise free-ends
undergoing vortex-induced vibration (VIV) has been experimentally investigated in a large …