METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MEMBRANES THAT CAN BE ELECTRICALLY AND/OR MAGNETICALLY ACTIVATED, AND MAGNETIC ACTUATOR HAVING SUCH A MEMBRANE

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for the production of membranes that can be electrically and/or magnetically activated, particularly for switches or pumps. In the method, microparticles and/or nanoparticles (5) having magnetic and/or electric properties are mixed with a matrix material in a flowable state, which has elastic properties after solidification. The matrix material is applied to a substrate as a layer (1), and a distribution of the particles in the layer (1) is selectively modified by means of one or more electric and/or magnetic fields in order to achieve an accumulation (2, 3) of the particles (5) on one or a plurality of locations in the layer (1). The layer (1) is subsequently solidified using the accumulated particles in order to form one or more membranes (16). The invention also relates to a magnetic actuator having such a membrane. The method enables the use of elastic membranes having magnetic, or magnetizable, particles incorporated therein, without having an adverse influence on the elastic properties in certain regions of the membrane.