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Neuromorphic Electronics for Intelligence Everywhere: Emerging Devices, Flexible Platforms, and Scalable System Architectures

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The perspective presents an integrated view of neuromorphic technologies, from device physics to real‐time applicability, while highlighting the necessity of full‐stack co‐optimization. By outlining practical hardware‐level strategies to exploit device behavior and mitigate non‐idealities, it shows pathways for building efficient, scalable, and ...
Kapil Bhardwaj, Roshni Satheesh Babu, Yuxin Xia, Eva Bestelink, Radu Sporea, Nikos Hastas, Ioannis Zeimpekis, Dimitra G. Georgiadou, Sayani Majumdar   +8 more
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Peta-pico-Voltron: An open-source high voltage power supply

HardwareX, 2018
We present the design (hardware + software) of “Peta-pico-Voltron”, a low-current high voltage power supply for electrostatic actuators. Developed primarily for dielectric elastomer actuators, it offers a low-cost solution to generate user controllable ...
Samuel Schlatter, Patrin Illenberger, Samuel Rosset   +2 more
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Increased electromechanical sensitivity of polysiloxane elastomers by chemical modification with thioacetic groups

Materials & Design, 2020
Chemically cross-linked polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) elastomers have gained importance as a dielectric in elastic capacitor actuators, which elongate when electrically charged. Common PDMS elastomers have a dielectric permittivity of only about 3 and thus
Elena Perju, Yee Song Ko, Simon J. Dünki, Dorina M. Opris   +3 more
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Multilayer Dielectric Elastomer Actuators with Ion Implanted Electrodes [PDF]

We present the design, fabrication process and characterization of multilayer miniaturized polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-based dielectric elastomer diaphragm actuators. The conductive stretchable electrodes are obtained by lowenergy metal ion implantation.
Niklaus, Muhamed, Punning, Andres, Akbari, Samin, Shea, Herbert   +3 more
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Bioinspired Adaptive Surfaces for Intelligent Liquid Manipulation: Progressing From Passive and Active to Hybrid Strategies

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines passive, active, and hybrid liquid manipulation strategies, highlighting hybrid approaches as an emerging route to reconcile energy efficiency with adaptive control. By actively reconstructing passive surfaces to store programmable interfacial energy, hybrid systems enable flexible yet low‐power liquid transport, with perspectives ...
Jiaqi Miao, Yiyuan Zhang, Liqiu Wang, Alan C. H. Tsang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dielectric elastomer actuators: medical applications review

Discover Materials
Electroactive polymers are effective actuators that respond to electrical stimuli, producing mechanical displacement. Their combined features encourage the application of electroactive polymers in the medical and healthcare sectors. Dielectric elastomers
Mikael Ghevondyan, Marina Davtyan, Marina Aghayan   +2 more
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Dynamic variation of the dielectric permittivity of elastomers with mechanical constraints

AIP Advances, 2023
Elastomers are commonly used as insulators or actuators in important fields such as robotics and electronics. The performance of elastomers is strongly influenced by their dielectric permittivity while determining the dielectric permittivity of ...
Pan Jia, Xianghe Zheng, Jianyou Zhou
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Ion-implanted compliant electrodes for mm-size dielectric elastomer actuators [PDF]

The miniaturization of dielectric elastomer actuators requires compliant electrodes that are clean, reliable, and that can be easily patterned on a mm or μm scale.
Dubois, P, Niklaus, M, Shea, H, Rosset, S   +3 more
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Fast Hydrogel Micro‐Actuators Driven by Electric Fields

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We report the fabrication of chemically programmable electroactuating microstructures through the first integration of two‐photon polymerization with electrically actuated gelatin methacrylate‐based hydrogels. By tailoring the charge of the polymer network, we demonstrate programmable polarity‐dependent bending, enabling microstructures that ...
Annaël Sort‐Montenegro, Jason M. Delente, Žiga Roblek, Yekaterina Tskhe, Luke Dowling, Colm Delaney, Larisa Florea   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fiber‐Format Flexible Linear Electrostatic Motors

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A flexible coaxial fibre‐format electrostatic motor enables backdrivable and reversible linear actuation with high force density and functionality under bending, offering a scalable actuation platform for soft and wearable robotics. ABSTRACT Linear motion is fundamental to robotics, yet existing solutions are either rigid electromagnetic motors or ...
Sylvain Schaller, Herbert Shea
wiley   +1 more source