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Fabrication Routes for Ionic Conducting Fiber Strain Sensors
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Ionic conducting fiber strain sensors (ICFSs) offer compliant, textile‐integrable sensing. Thus far, the commercialization of ICFSs has been constrained by fiber fabrication routes. This review provides a fabrication‐centric analysis of ICFSs correlating processing strategies with material properties and scalability.
Leo John Kershaw +3 more
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Thin-film electrodes of dielectric elastomer-based actuators for an active vibration control system
Вестник Самарского университета: Аэрокосмическая техника, технологии и машиностроениеPrecision research and technological equipment, as a rule, is not able to provide its specification characteristics without a high-quality vibration protection system.
V. S. Shcherbakova +4 more
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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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Actuators, 2022 An actuator built with flexible material has the advantage of smaller size and can withstand certain collisions better than actuators with rigid material.
Haiqiang Liu +4 more
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Dielectric elastomer actuators with granular coupling
, 2011 So-called 'hydrostatically coupled' dielectric elastomer actuators (HC-DEAs) have recently been shown to offer new opportunities for actuation devices made of electrically responsive elastomeric insulators.
Nanni M. +7 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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New design concept for dielectric elastomer actuators
, 2006 A large number of actuator geometries are known for dielectric elastomer actuators. It is known that pre-strain has a beneficial effect on the actuation output properties of dielectric elastomer actuators, though actuators without pre-strain have also ...
Bauer, Siegfried +2 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A dynamically actuated reconfigurable topographical surface (DARTS) integrates contact‐mediated bactericidal nanotopography with programmable mechanical actuation to actively disrupt bacterial biofilms. Dynamic surface reconfiguration enhances bacterial killing and suppresses implant‐associated infections in vivo, providing a new strategy for active ...
Mohammad Asadi Tokmedash +4 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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Bio‐Inspired Artificial Ionic Mechanoreceptor
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A skin‐inspired artificial mechanoreceptor based on ionic interactions is presented for biomimetic tactile sensing. Pressure‐driven ionic redistribution within microfluidic channels generates a self‐powered electrical signal without external bias. The generated waveform exhibits mechanoreceptor‐like temporal features, including overshoot and undershoot,
Mohammad Akbari +4 more
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