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Dielectric Elastomer Actuators with Carbon Nanotube Electrodes Painted with a Soft Brush
Actuators, 2018 We propose a simple methodology to paint carbon nanotube (CNT) powder with a soft brush onto an elastomer. A large deformation of dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) occurs according to the small constraint of the electrodes. Uniform painting with a soft
Hiroki Shigemune +6 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Inspired by the octopus and the golden wheel spider, soft robots with liquid crystal elastomer arc fibers as appendages are fabricated to transcend surface constraints through an elevated center of mass and minimal contact footprints. By leveraging curvature‐encoded deformation‐recovery cycles, these robots exhibit contractile, torsional, and flexural ...
Jong Bin Kim +5 more
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Design and Implementation of Cone Dielectric Elastomer Actuator with Double-Slider Mechanism
, 2010 Dielectric Elastomer Actuators (DEA) have a wide application prospect in the area of robot due to its merits. The aim of this paper is to improve the displacement of cone DEA and to make full use of the large-strain advantage of elastomer, as well as to ...
Luan YG(栾云广) +2 more
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Modeling of a Dielectric Elastomer [PDF]
, 2018 Dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) is a key element for the soft robots, which has received increasing attention. However, the main difficulties in modeling soft actuators such as dielectric elastomer actuators are time-dependent viscoelasticity and ...
Alkhathami, Mesfer
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A soft jellyfish robot driven by a dielectric elastomer actuator
, 2016 Although dielectric elastomers have been extensively studied recently, to date there has been little research into application of dielectric elastomer actuators to undersea robots.
Li, Jisen +3 more
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Dielectric Electroactive Polymers with Chemical Pre-Strain: An Experimentally Validated Model
Actuators, 2018 Dielectric electroactive polymer materials represent a distinct group of smart materials that are capable of converting between electrical and mechanical energy.
Brittany Newell, Jose Garcia, Gary Krutz
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Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.BioEISense is a microfluidic device with integrated impedance sensors, for real‐time, label‐free monitoring of S. aureus biofilms. In this study, the biofilm culture conditions were optimized to support sensitive and reproducible detection of biofilm formation and eradication under dynamic flow‐through conditions. The system was also validated for both
Jéssica Amorim +6 more
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Very high dielectric strength for dielectric elastomer actuators in liquid dielectric immersion
, 2013 This letter reported that a dielectric elastomer actuator (3M VHB), which is immersed in a liquid dielectric bath, is enhanced tremendously in dielectric strength up to 800 MV/m, as compared to 450 MV/m for the actuator operated in air. The bath consists
Thanh-Giang La +3 more
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Academia Materials ScienceDielectric elastomers offer several advantages such as low cost, high efficiency, high output, large deformations, light weight, and ease of stacking. Recently, it has become possible to lift a weight of 8 kg by more than 1 mm at a speed of 88
Seiki Chiba, Mikio Waki
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Bimodal condensation silicone elastomers as dielectric elastomers [PDF]
, 2016 Lately, dielectric elastomers (DEs) which consist of an elastomer sandwiched between electrodes on both sides, have gained interest as materials for actuators, generators, and sensors. An ideal elastomer for DE uses is characterized by high extensibility, flexibility and good mechanical fatigue as well as high electrical and mechanical breakdown ...
Yu, Liyun; id_orcid 0000-0002-4293-3066 +2 more
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