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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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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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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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Determination method of constitutive model parameters of dielectric elastomer material
AIP Advances, 2020 The energy conversion process of dielectric elastomers is an electromechanical coupling behavior, and the constitutive model of the material is the basis for studying electromechanical coupling characteristics.
Shi-Ju E +7 more
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A Review of Dielectric Elastomer Generator Systems [PDF]
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2020 Dielectric elastomer generator systems (DEGSs) are a class of electrostatic soft‐transducers capable of converting oscillating mechanical power from different sources into usable electricity. Over the past years, a diversity of DEGSs has been conceived, integrated, and tested featuring diverse topologies and implementation characteristics tailored on ...
Giacomo Moretti +4 more
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Dielectric Breakdown Strength of PDMS Elastomers after Mechanical Cycling
Energies, 2023 PDMS-based composites such as silicone elastomers are commonly found in high-voltage engineering, especially in outdoor insulation as coatings or structural elements or at interfaces between network elements, such as cable sealing ends (CSE).
Emmanuel Taine +3 more
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Photothermal modulated dielectric elastomer actuator for resilient soft robots
Nature Communications, 2022 Tough and healable elastomers are promising materials to realize resilient soft robots but mechanical enhancements often lead to higher stiffness that deteriorates actuation strains.
Matthew Wei Ming Tan +4 more
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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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Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 Developing highly sensitive flexible pressure sensors has become crucially urgent due to the increased societal demand for wearable electronic devices capable of monitoring various human motions.
Zhaoqing Kang +5 more
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Silicon-based dielectric elastomer with amino-complexed hybrids towards high actuation performance
Nano Materials ScienceFor improving the actuation performance at low electric fields of dielectric elastomers, achieving high dielectric constant (ɛr) and low modulus (Y) simultaneously has been targeted in the past decades, but there are few ways to accomplish both.
Zhengxing Dai +6 more
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