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Polysiloxanes with Increased Permittivity as Artificial Muscles
CHIMIA, 2015 Dorina M. Opris, Simon J. Dünki
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A Deformable Motor Driven by Dielectric Elastomer Actuators and Flexible Mechanisms. [PDF]
Front Robot AI, 2019 Minaminosono A +5 more
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Magneto‐responsive fibers and fabrics for soft systems
FlexMat, EarlyView.Abstract The combination of functional materials in fiber form has led to a surge in the integration of functional fibers and fabrics into soft systems that span sensing, communication, and actuation domains. A key subset is magnetic fibers and fabrics.
Hanlin Zhu +8 more
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Recent Advances in Conductive Rubber Composites: Progress, Challenges, and Emerging Opportunities
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, EarlyView.This study reviews the recent advances in conductive rubber composites, focusing on key aspects such as material selection, conductive mechanisms, interfacial engineering, processing methods, vulcanization strategies, and practical applications. It also discusses current challenges and highlights emerging directions that are shaping the development of ...
Lu Yin +3 more
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Electrospun conducting polymers: recent trends and the transition towards a sustainable future
Polymer International, EarlyView.This review discusses the electrospinning of conducting polymers, detailing procedures, fibrous morphologies, improved properties, applications in electronics, and challenges, while outlining future directions for nanofibre‐based devices in various fields.
Xenofon Karagiorgis +3 more
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Modeling and Design Optimization of a Rotational Soft Robotic System Driven by Double Cone Dielectric Elastomer Actuators. [PDF]
Front Robot AI, 2019 Nalbach S +5 more
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Electrically responsive knitted liquid crystal elastomer actuators for underwater applications
Responsive Materials, EarlyView.A knitted liquid crystal elastomer‐liquid metal (LM) actuator enables electrically driven soft robotics in water. Core–shell fibers are melt‐spun, knitted, and infused with LM to combine internal conductivity, external insulation, and programmable textile deformation.
Chenglin Jia +5 more
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Small, EarlyView.A Martian regolith‐simulant/PDMS triboelectric nanogenerator is developed as an ISRU‐inspired, self‐powered tactile sensor for wireless human–machine interface applications. ABSTRACT Achieving a sustainable energy system for space missions remains challenging due to the continued reliance on Earth‐supplied materials.
Shidhin Mappoli +2 more
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Instability of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators
, 2012 Dielectric elastomers (DEs) are an important class of materials, currently employed in the design and realization of electrically-driven, highly deformable actuators and devices, which find application in several fields of technology and engineering, including aerospace, biomedical and mechanical engineering.
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Small, EarlyView.Material extrusion‐based additive manufacturing integrates mechanically anisotropic electrospun piezoelectric composite microfibers with stretchable silver electrodes into a three‐dimensional serpentine architecture to realize stretch‐induced strain‐insensitive pressure sensors, maintaining a stable sensing performance under tensile strains up to 30 ...
Jinsheng Fan +7 more
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