Paper Title:

Towards Biocompatible Sensing Devices: An IPMC Based Artificial Vestibular System

Periodical Advances in Science and Technology (Volume 58)
Main Theme Mining Smartness from Nature
Edited by Pietro VINCENZINI and Salvatore GRAZIANI
Pages 85-90
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.58.85
Citation Claudia Bonomo et al., 2008, Advances in Science and Technology, 58, 85
Online since September, 2008
Authors Claudia Bonomo, Luigi Fortuna, Salvatore Graziani, Manuela La Rosa, Donata Nicolosi, Giovanni Sicurella
Keywords Artificial Vestibular System, Ionic Polymer Metal Composites (IPMC), Moto-Transduction, Organic Sensor
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Abstract

In this work the design and realization of an artificial vestibular system demonstrator is presented. The whole system is biologically inspired to the human vestibular apparatus. The mototransduction capabilities of ionomeric polymer-metal composite (IPMC) have been used in order to develop the prototype [1]. The reported results are the starting point to the future design and development of a miniaturized artificial vestibular system, integrating biocompatible materials and all-organic electronic devices [2].