抄録
This paper presents a novel transparent smart film actuator based upon a conductive polymer. Almost all conventional smart sensors and actuators based upon PVDF film were first shaped in accordance with desired shaping function, and then attached onto a opaque and rigid substrate. And PVDF film was coated with opaque aluminum to apply a voltage and to acquire an electrical charge from PVDF film surface. Because of structural opacity and rigidity, their applications were restricted to a specific area. To overcome such problems, this paper introduces a transparent conductive polymer Poly (3, 4-ethylendioxythiophen) / poly (4-styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT/PSS) for electrode of PVDF film, with result that the PVDF film becomes a transparent distributed parameter actuator per se, hence transparent smart material fit for optical flexible device is developed. Firstly, this paper overviews conductive property and transparency of conductive polymer. Then two-dimensional modal actuator film for exciting specific structural mode is proposed. Furthermore, a conductive polymer-based cantilever beam entailing the capability of modal actuating is developed, the validity of the proposed transparent smart film actuator based upon a conductive polymer being analytically as well as experimentally verified.
