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Monodirectional Positioning Using Dielectric Elastomers [PDF]
, 2010 The rationales for the use of microsystems are numerous, including the reduction of consumables, a faster response time, the enhanced portability, the higher resolution, and the higher efficiency; moreover their application sectors are numerous. Nevertheless microproducts have still great difficulty in penetrating the market, mainly due to the limits ...
Pagano C, Malosio M, Fassi I
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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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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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All-organic dielectric-percolative three-component composite materials with high electromechanical response [PDF]
, 2004 By combining the high-dielectric copper phthalocyanine oligomer (PolyCuPc) and conductive polyanline (PANI) within polyurethane (PU) matrix an all-organic three-component dielectric-percolative composite with high dielectric constant is demonstrated.
Bhattacharya, Kaushik +3 more
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Dielectric Spectroscopy of Hybrid Magnetoactive Elastomers [PDF]
Polymers, 2021 Dielectric properties of two series of magnetoactive elastomers (MAEs) based on a soft silicone matrix containing 35 vol% of magnetic particles were studied experimentally in a wide temperature range. In the first series, a hybrid filler representing a mixture of magnetically hard NdFeB particles of irregular shape and an average size of 50 μm and ...
Vitaliy G. Shevchenko +2 more
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A Staggered Explicit-Implicit Finite Element Formulation for Electroactive Polymers
, 2018 Electroactive polymers such as dielectric elastomers (DEs) have attracted significant attention in recent years. Computational techniques to solve the coupled electromechanical system of equations for this class of materials have universally centered ...
Park, Harold S. +2 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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Optimal energy-harvesting cycles for load-driven dielectric generators in plane strain
, 2014 The performances of energy harvesting generators based on dielectric elastomers are investigated. The configuration is of a thin dielectric film coated by stretchable electrodes at both sides.
Bortot, E. +3 more
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Temperature dependence of dielectric breakdown of silicone-based dielectric elastomers
International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials, 2020 A large number of insulation/dielectric failures in power systems are related to thermally-induced dielectrical breakdown, also known as ‘thermal breakdown’, at higher operating temperatures.
Liyun Yu +3 more
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Tactile feedback display with spatial and temporal resolutions. [PDF]
, 2013 We report the electronic recording of the touch contact and pressure using an active matrix pressure sensor array made of transparent zinc oxide thin-film transistors and tactile feedback display using an array of diaphragm actuators made of an ...
Brochu, Paul +14 more
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