Engineering Creativity Award: PVDF Prezoelectric Film Used as Activator in a Linear Construction Pump

本研究项目的目的是调查 聚偏氟乙烯（PVF）（压电聚合物膜） 作为粘性流体泵的致动器。 这种材料 由于施加的电压而发生变形。 使用此 效果，泵收缩可以通过施加 电压的薄膜，使其扩大其厚度，而 减小其长度和宽度。 这种泵送粘性流体的方法具有优点，因为其 整体简洁。 存在重大问题的领域 研究：（1）形成环的连接是复杂的， 表面金属化，内部PVF材料 （2）需要连接的特性 作为平坦材料的材料的变形与作为平坦材料的材料的变形相比， 环;与产生的磁场和 （3）一种电干扰的方法， 顺序电压 这种泵相对便宜，没有运动部件， 并且不会搅动或接触流体。 这将是 生物惰性的，允许插入到活的有机体中。 这种类型的泵可以证明在生物医学应用中是有用的

The objective of this research project is to investigate the use of polyvinylidene flouride (PVF) (a piezoelectric polymer film) as the actuator for a viscous fluid pump. This material undergoes deformation due to an applied voltage. Using this effect, a pump constriction could be generated by applying a voltage to the film causing it to expand its thickness while decreasing its length and width. This method of pumping viscous fluids has merit because of its overall simplicity. There are significant problem areas to be investigated: (1) the joining to form a ring is complex, metallization on the surface and the PVF material on the interior are required to be connected, (2) the characteristics of deformation of the material as a flat material as compared to a ring; the problems associated with a produced magnetic field and with electrical interference, and (3) a method of applying sequential voltage. The pump would be relatively inexpensive, have no moving parts and would not churn or contact the flow. It would be biologically inert allowing insertion into a living organism. This type of pump could prove useful in biomedical applications