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Review of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators and Their Applications in Soft Robots
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2021 Due to the inherent rigidity of hard materials, the adaptability and flexibility of traditional robots are limited. Recently, soft robots became one of the most attractive areas.
Yaguang Guo +3 more
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Catastrophic thinning of dielectric elastomers [PDF]
, 2016 We provide a clear energetic insight into the catastrophic nature of the so-called creasing and pull-in instabilities in soft electro-active elastomers.
Destrade, Michel +3 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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Toward a Dielectric Elastomer Resonator Driven Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2019 In the last two decades, insect-inspired flapping wing micro air vehicles (MAVs) have attracted great attention for their potential for highly agile flight. Insects flap their wings at the resonant frequencies of their flapping mechanisms.
Chongjing Cao +5 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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Performance of soft dielectric laminated composites
, 2013 This paper contains a thorough investigation of the performance of electrically activated layered soft dielectric composite actuators under plane deformation. Noting that the activation can be induced controlling either the voltage or the surface charge,
Bortot, Eliana +2 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This review highlights recent advances in electrospun nanofiber‐based triboelectric nanogenerators, emphasizing how material design, fiber architecture, and interface engineering collectively enhance output performance and mechanical durability. Key developments in porous, aligned, core‐shell, and hierarchical nanofibers are discussed alongside ...
MD Fajla Rabbi +3 more
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Finite deformations of an electroelastic circular cylindrical tube [PDF]
, 2016 In this paper the theory of nonlinear electroelasticity is used to examine deformations of a pressurized thick-walled circular cylindrical tube of soft dielectric material with closed ends and compliant electrodes on its curved boundaries.
Melnikov, Andrey, Ogden, Ray W.
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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 +8 more
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Silicone elastomers with high dielectric permittivity and high dielectric breakdown strength based on tunable functionalized copolymers [PDF]
, 2015 High driving voltages currently limit the commercial potential of dielectric elastomers (DEs). One method used to lower driving voltage is to increase dielectric permittivity of the elastomer.
Daugaard, Anders Egede +4 more
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