Issue Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. Volume 46, Number 1, April 2009 International Symposium on Flexible Organic Electronics (IS-FOE) Article Number 12513 Number of page(s) 4 Section Topical Issue International Symposium on Flexible Organic Electronics (IS-FOE) DOI 10.1051/epjap/2009019 Published online 05 March 2009

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

Modelling and design of all-organic electromechanic transducers

L. Fortuna¹, S. Graziani¹, M. La Rosa², D. Nicolosi^{1, 2}, G. Sicurella^{1, 2} and E. Umana<sup>1

1</sup>  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

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.

PACS
07.05.Tp - Computer modeling and simulation.
43.60.Qv - Signal processing instrumentation, integrated systems, smart transducers, devices and architectures, displays and interfaces for acoustic systems.
73.61.Ph - Polymers; organic compounds.

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