Microfabrication of Ionic Polymer Actuators by Selective Plasma Irradiation

作者:Kikuchi Kunitomo*; Taniguchi Tomohisa; Miki Hirofumi; Tsuchitani Shigeki; Asaka Kinji
来源:IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2014, 9(5): 572-574.
DOI:10.1002/tee.22009

摘要

A novel method for fabricating a miniaturized ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC) with plated gold electrodes is developed by combining selective plasma irradiation and electroless plating. The membrane is irradiated by SF6 or CF4 plasmas through a stencil mask prior to plating to prevent deposition of a gold electrode in the plasma-irradiated area. Miniaturized IPMCs are fabricated with a 400-m-wide line-and-space pattern. The proposed method has the potential to realize miniaturized IPMCs combined with microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices because this provides a direct and simple fabrication process.

  • 出版日期2014-9