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Research on Output Characteristics of a Circular Dielectric Elastomer Generator
发电技术ObjectivesEnergy is an important physical basis for economic and social development in modern world. Accompanied by the gradual depletion of traditional energy sources, the collection and utilization of renewable energy sources has become significant ...
ZHANG Mingyi, HUANG Peng, WANG Yawu
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International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials, 2016 The considerable electric-induced shape change, together with the attributes of lightweight, high efficiency, and inexpensive cost, makes dielectric elastomer, a promising soft active material for the realization of actuators in broad applications ...
Kun Jia, Tongqing Lu
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Photothermal modulated dielectric elastomer actuator for resilient soft robots
Nature Communications, 2022 Tough and healable elastomers are promising materials to realize resilient soft robots but mechanical enhancements often lead to higher stiffness that deteriorates actuation strains.
Matthew Wei Ming Tan +4 more
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Electromechanical coupled deformation analysis of a hyper-elastic dielectric membrane under combined pressure and electric loading [PDF]
EPJ Web of ConferencesDielectric elastomers are soft, lightweight, and highly deformable electroactive polymers that undergo large deformations when subjected to mechanical and electrical loading.
Kumar Nirmal +2 more
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Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 Developing highly sensitive flexible pressure sensors has become crucially urgent due to the increased societal demand for wearable electronic devices capable of monitoring various human motions.
Zhaoqing Kang +5 more
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Optimization of dielectric elastomer wave power generation systems
Academia Materials SciencePower generation devices using dielectric elastomers have attracted attention as renewable energy devices because they are highly efficient, stackable, easy to install, and inexpensive.
Seiki Chiba, Mikio Waki
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On the failure modes and maximum stretch of circular dielectric elastomer actuators
Materials Research Express, 2020 Dielectric elastomer actuators have been widely studied theoretically and experimentally thanks to its superior attributes such as large deformation.
Zezhou Li +4 more
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.This review comprehensively evaluates extrusion‐based additive manufacturing for advanced ceramics, detailing feedstock options and key process parameters. By critically addressing defect mechanisms like porosity and cracking, the work highlights optimization strategies through machine learning and advanced postprocessing.
Meisam Bakhtiari +4 more
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas +6 more
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Dielectric elastomer actuators based on stretchable and self-healable hydrogel electrodes [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) based on dielectric elastomer holds promising applications in soft robotics. Compliant electrodes with large stretchability and high electrical conductivity are the vital components for the DEAs.
Yang Gao +5 more
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