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Catastrophic Thinning of Dielectric Elastomers [PDF]
Physical Review Letters, 2017 We provide an energetic insight into the catastrophic nature of thinning instability in soft electroactive elastomers. This phenomenon is a major obstacle to the development of giant actuators, yet it is neither completely understood nor modeled accurately.
Zurlo, G. +3 more
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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 +3 more
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Polymer Testing, 2022 To achieve high deformation under a low electric field intensity is still a big challenge for the dielectric elastomers (DE) potentially used in artificial electronic skin and artificial muscles.
Zhaoxia Luo +4 more
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Self-stabilizing dielectric elastomer generators [PDF]
Smart Materials and Structures, 2017 Dielectric elastomer generators (DEGs) are an emerging technology for the conversion of mechanical into electrical energy. Despite many advantageous characteristics, there are still issues to overcome, including the need for charging at every cycle to produce an electrical output.
P Zanini, J Rossiter, M Homer
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Fracture and Structural Integrity, 2012 Thanks to their large power densities, low costs and shock-insensitivity, Dielectric Elastomers (DE) seem to be a promising technology for the implementation of light and compact force-feedback devices such as, for instance, haptic interfaces ...
R. Vertechy +4 more
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Nature Communications, 2023 Dielectric elastomers (DEs) are widely used in soft actuators but existing DE actuators often require high driving electrical fields. Here the authors demonstrate that introducing cyanoethyl cellulose into plasticized PVC gel confers high dielectric ...
Jianjian Huang +4 more
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Fabrication and actuation characterisation of a new UV curing acrylic dielectric elastomer
IET Nanodielectrics, 2022 Most commonly used dielectric elastomers (DEs) such as acrylic dielectric elastomers VHBTM 4910 need a high actuation voltage and pre‐stretching to obtain a large actuation strain, and present high mechanical loss caused by viscoelasticity. In this work,
Wen‐Zhuo Dong +3 more
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Suppression of electromechanical instability in fiber-reinforced dielectric elastomers
AIP Advances, 2016 The electromechanical instability of dielectric elastomers has been a major challenge for the application of this class of active materials. In this work, we demonstrate that dielectric elastomers filled with soft fiber can suppress the electromechanical
Rui Xiao, Xiaofan Gou, Wen Chen
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Functional polymethacrylate composite elastomer filled with multilayer graphene and silica particles
Carbon Trends, 2021 In this work, a three-component composite elastomer consisting of poly(di(ethylene glycol)methyl ether methacrylate) (PMEO2MA), 110 nm spherical silica particles and multilayer graphene (MLG) is fabricated and its various functions brought about by the ...
Fumio Asai +2 more
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Degradation patterns of silicone-based dielectric elastomers in electrical fields
International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials, 2018 Silicone elastomers have been heavily investigated as candidates for the flexible insulator material in dielectric elastomer transducers and are as such almost ideal candidates because of their inherent softness and compliance.
Liyun Yu +2 more
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