There has been a substantial amount of research on liquid pumps operated by solid-state electroactive smart material actuators since the first such pump was developed in 1975, providing exciting opportunities for numerous fields. Aiming to motivate researchers to further develop this sector, a taxonomy of representative examples of smart material macro- and micro- diaphragm and linear peristaltic pumps was developed, categorizing them according to pump size and/or amount of fluid handled, method with which energy is imparted to the transported fluid and smart material actuator type with which they are driven. An extensive discussion of pumps operated by unidirectional shape memory alloy (U-SMA)-, piezoelectric ceramic (PEC)-, dielectric elastomer (DE)-, ferroelectric polymer (FEP)-, ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC)- and conducting polymer (CP)-based actuators was undertaken, focusing on actuator and pump design advancements. For qualitative and quantitative comparisons, the pumping technologies were also summarized in tables, presenting actuator and pump characteristics that influence pump performances.

自从1975年开发出第一台此类固态泵以来，就对固态电活性智能材料执行器操作的液体泵进行了大量研究，为许多领域提供了令人兴奋的机会。为了激励研究人员进一步发展该领域，开发了智能材料大，微型隔膜泵和线性蠕动泵的代表性示例分类法，并根据泵的大小和/或处理的流体量将其分类。赋予被驱动的流体和智能物料执行机构类型。由单向形状记忆合金（U-SMA），压电陶瓷（PEC），介电弹性体（DE），铁电聚合物（FEP），进行了基于离子聚合物金属复合材料（IPMC）和导电聚合物（CP）的执行器的研究，重点是执行器和泵的设计进步。为了进行定性和定量比较，表中还总结了泵技术，介绍了影响泵性能的执行器和泵特性。