Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 46, 12513 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2009019

Modelling and design of all-organic electromechanic transducers

¹ Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica Elettronica e dei Sistemi, Universitá degli Studi di Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania (CT), Italy
² Post Silicon Technologies Group, Technology R&D, ST Microelectronics, Stradale Primosole 50, 95121 Catania (CT), Italy

Corresponding author: umana@diees.unict.it

Received: 20 October 2008
Accepted: 5 January 2009
Published online: 5 March 2009

Abstract

The recent development of innovative organic materials with intriguing features such as their flexibility, lightness, low cost and easy manufacturability, has driven researchers to develop innovative smart applications based on such kind of materials. In this work, all-organic electromechanical transducers, with both sensing and acting capabilities are proposed. The actuator and sensor models have been identified by using a grey box approach, as a function of membrane geometric parameters. The obtained models have been validated through comparison among estimated and experimental data.