Study in bimorph materials for actuators

Abstract

Six kinds of new actuator materials such as the Fe-Pd alloy film, the hydrogen storage alloy film, the hydrogen storage bi-polymer, the polymer-metal bi-metal, the glass-crystal bi-metal and the bi-ceramics glass were developed. In order to apply practical articles, load dependence is important facor. Thus, we were examined load dependence measurement each bimorph materials, which developed. As a result, large power has been found in the Fe-Pd magnetostrictive film and the hydrogen storage alloy bimorph.