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Energies, 2021 The aim of this work involved comparing the effect graphite and shungite have on the properties of dielectric elastomer-based materials. For this reason, dielectric elastomer–Sylgard (S) was filled with 1, 3, 5, 10, and 15 wt.% of graphite (G) and ...
Ewa Olewnik-Kruszkowska +3 more
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Dielectric elastomer artificial muscle materials advancement and soft robotic applications
SmartMat, 2023 Conventional robotic systems are built with rigid materials to deal with large forces and predetermined processes. Soft robotics, however, is an emerging field seeking to develop adaptable robots that can perform tasks in unpredictable environments and ...
Yuxuan Guo +5 more
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Digital Light Processing 3D‐Printed Multilayer Dielectric Elastomer Actuator for Vibrotactile Device
Advanced Materials & Technologies, 2023 Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) have emerged as promising components in the field of soft robotics. Multilayer DEAs can enhance the output performance compared to single‐layer DEAs, but the common layer‐by‐layer stacking methods are time‐consuming ...
Peiwen Huang +4 more
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Polymer Testing, 2023 A series of pure-shear cyclic tests were performed on VHB™4910 dielectric elastomer at various temperatures, and the investigations were focused on the influence of temperature variations on the cyclic deformation of the elastomer and the influences of ...
Pengyu Ma +4 more
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Self-Sensing Control for Soft-Material Actuators Based on Dielectric Elastomers [PDF]
, 2019 Due to their energy density and softness that are comparable to human muscles dielectric elastomer (DE) transducers are well-suited for soft-robotic applications. This kind of transducer combines actuator and sensor functionality within one transducer so
Hoffstadt, Thorben, Maas, Jürgen
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Macromolecular rapid communications, 2023 Dielectric elastomers based on commercial acrylic dielectric elastomers (VHB adhesive films) have been widely investigated for soft actuators due to their large electrically driven actuation strain and high work density.
Z. Han +5 more
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Vibrations and waves in soft dielectric elastomer structures [PDF]
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2022 Dielectric elastomers (DEs) are a type of multifunctional materials with salient features that are very attractive in developing soft, lightweight, and small-scale transducers and robotics. This paper reviews the mechanics of soft DE structures, focusing
Zinan Zhao +5 more
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Effects of Thinner Compliant Electrodes on Self-Clearability of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators
Actuators, 2020 A metalized plastic capacitor stands a higher chance to clear faults when embodied with thinner electrodes. However, it is not clear whether the same thickness effect applies to carbon-based compliant electrodes in clearing the defects in dielectric ...
Gih-Keong Lau +2 more
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Finite bending and pattern evolution of the associated instability for a dielectric elastomer slab [PDF]
, 2018 We investigate the finite bending and the associated bending instability of an incompressible dielectric slab subject to a combination of applied voltage and axial compression, using nonlinear electro-elasticity theory and its incremental version.
Chen, Weiqiu +3 more
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Self-stabilizing dielectric elastomer generators [PDF]
Smart Materials and Structures, 2017 Dielectric elastomer generators (DEGs) are an emerging technology for the conversion of mechanical into electrical energy. Despite many advantageous characteristics, there are still issues to overcome, including the need for charging at every cycle to produce an electrical output.
P Zanini, J Rossiter, M Homer
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