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Energy harvesting performance of viscoelastic polyacrylic dielectric elastomers
International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials, 2015 Viscoelasticity dissipates the mechanical energy, leading to a reduction of energy conversion efficiency in both dielectric elastomer (DE) actuators and generators.
Junshi Zhang +3 more
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Dielectric Elastomers (DEs) as EAPs: Materials
, 2016 Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) consist of a thin elastomer with even thinner compliant electrodes, both of equal importance for obtaining actuation.
Skov, Anne L. +6 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Inspired by the octopus and the golden wheel spider, soft robots with liquid crystal elastomer arc fibers as appendages are fabricated to transcend surface constraints through an elevated center of mass and minimal contact footprints. By leveraging curvature‐encoded deformation‐recovery cycles, these robots exhibit contractile, torsional, and flexural ...
Jong Bin Kim +5 more
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Soft Actuators for Soft Robotic Applications: A Review
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2020 Soft robotics technologies are paving the way toward robotic abilities which are vital for a wide range of applications, including manufacturing, manipulation, gripping, human–machine interaction, locomotion, and more.
Nazek El-Atab +8 more
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A Thermo-Electro-Viscoelastic Model for Dielectric Elastomers. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2023 Qin B, Zhong Z, Zhang TY.
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Mechanical and Electrical Ageing Effects on the Long-Term Stretching of Silicone Dielectric Elastomers with Soft Fillers:Long-Term Stretching of Silicone Dielectric Elastomers [PDF]
, 2016 Dielectric elastomer materials for actuators need to be soft and stretchable while possessing high dielectric permittivity. Soft silicone elastomers can be obtained through the use of silicone oils, while enhanced permittivity can be obtained through the
Skov, Anne Ladegaard +10 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.A soft–hard tri‐layer composite electrolyte that couples fast Li+ transport with reinforced interfacial stability to enable high‐conductivity, mechanically robust, dendrite‐free lithium‐metal batteries. ABSTRACT The development of solid polymer electrolytes is central to safe, high‐energy lithium‐metal batteries (LMBs); however, persistent challenges ...
Fazal Ur Rehman +9 more
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A simple method for reducing inevitable dielectric loss in high-permittivity dielectric elastomers [PDF]
, 2016 Commercial viability of dielectric elastomers (DEs) is currently limited by a few obstacles, including high driving voltages (in the kV range). Driving voltage can be lowered by either decreasing the Young's modulus or increasing the dielectric ...
Skov, Anne Ladegaard +3 more
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Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.BioEISense is a microfluidic device with integrated impedance sensors, for real‐time, label‐free monitoring of S. aureus biofilms. In this study, the biofilm culture conditions were optimized to support sensitive and reproducible detection of biofilm formation and eradication under dynamic flow‐through conditions. The system was also validated for both
Jéssica Amorim +6 more
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Dielectric Elastomers with Liquid Metal and Polydopamine-Coated Graphene Oxide Inclusions. [PDF]
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces, 2023 Hu Y, Majidi C.
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