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Stretchable, Transparent, Ionic Conductors [PDF]
, 2013 Existing stretchable, transparent conductors are mostly electronic conductors. They limit the performance of interconnects, sensors, and actuators as components of stretchable electronics and soft machines. We describe a class of devices enabled by ionic
Foo, Choon Chiang +5 more
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Flexible Dielectric Acoustic Resonator Patch for Tissue Regeneration
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.A flexible dielectric acoustic resonator patch enables MHz‐range ultrasound generation through resonance amplification without using piezoelectric materials. Conformal integration on a curved substrate allows efficient acoustic delivery to tissue‐mimicking environments.
Donyoung Kang +7 more
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Soft End Effector Using Spring Roll Dielectric Elastomer Actuators
Actuators, 2023 Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) offer robust, high-energy-density solutions for soft robotics. The proposed end effector consists of three spring roll configuration DEAs, each acting as a robotic finger, using a 3M VHB-F9473PC adhesive membrane ...
Hamish Lewis, Min Pan
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Elastomeric actuator devices for magnetic resonance imaging [PDF]
, 2008 The present invention is directed to devices and systems used in magnetic imaging environments that include an actuator device having an elastomeric dielectric film with at least two electrodes, and a frame attached to the actuator device.
Dubowsky, Steven +6 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Metasurface‐engineered NC‐TENG arrays integrate tactile pressure mapping, non‐contact gesture sensing, and acoustic signal readouts in one ultrathin module, and outperforms pristine PDMS in terms of electrical output and real‐time spatial mapping for next‐gen wearables.
Injamamul Arief +12 more
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Dielectric Elastomer Actuator for Soft Robotics Applications and Challenges
Applied Sciences, 2020 This paper reviews state-of-the-art dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) and their future perspectives as soft actuators which have recently been considered as a key power generation component for soft robots.
Jung-Hwan Youn +6 more
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Dielectric Elastomer Actuated Systems and Methods [PDF]
, 2008 The system of the present invention includes an actuator having at least two electrodes, an elastomeric dielectric film disposed between the two electrodes, and a frame attached to the elastomeric dielectric film.
Dubowsky, Steven +4 more
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Geometry-based customization of bending modalities for 3D-printed soft pneumatic actuators [PDF]
, 2018 In this work, we propose a novel type of 3D-printed soft pneumatic actuator that allows geometry-based customization of bending modalities. While motion in the 3D-space has been achieved for several types of soft actuators, only 2D-bending has been ...
Rosalia, Luca +2 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Spin crossover composite filaments are implemented for the rational design of 4D‐printed mechanical metamaterials. The obtained bi‐material structures guided by a theoretical analysis based on analytical calculations and Finite Element Analysis simulations exhibit giant programmable positive or negative deformation with coefficients of thermal ...
Adelais Trapali +7 more
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Performance Optimization of a Conical Dielectric Elastomer Actuator
Actuators, 2018 Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are known as ‘artificial muscles’ due to their large actuation strain, high energy density and self-sensing capability.
Chongjing Cao, Andrew T. Conn
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