离子聚合物人工肌肉材料应用研究进展

The Review on Recent Study of the Ionic Polymer Artificial Muscles

由于智能聚合物材料可以对多种物理量（如温度、pH、离子强度、溶剂、压力、应力、光强、电场和磁场等等）的刺激发生响应,并在各种刺激下会产生较大的形变,因此可将智能聚合物材料用于仿生执行器,它是良好的人工肌肉材料。在本文中,着重介绍了这一领域的一些新的研究方向和研究结果,讨论了智能聚合物材料的特性及其实际应用,同时还介绍了人工肌肉的低温特性与在外空间环境下的潜在用途。

The smart materials made by polymer show a response characteristic to the external stimulation (temperature, PH, ionic strength, solvent, pressure, stress, luminous intensity, electronic field and magnetic field, and so on) and yield large deformation in the presence of them. So They can be made as an actuation for biomimetic actuators applications and be a good artificial muscles. This paper presents an introduction to the recent studied works and results pertaining to them. And its characteristic and application is also discussed. It further discusses a number of recent findings in connection with the cryogenic properties of these muscles for potential utilization in an outer space environment.