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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This paper presents a digital microfluidics‐based technique for transferring and reconfiguring soft nanomembranes. Laser‐machined nanothin membranes are picked up, transported, and aligned via tailored surface tension and the actuation of water droplets, enabling the development of flexible electronics, the integration of functional materials on 3D ...
Quang Anh Nguyen +15 more
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Optimization of dielectric elastomer wave power generation systems
Academia Materials SciencePower generation devices using dielectric elastomers have attracted attention as renewable energy devices because they are highly efficient, stackable, easy to install, and inexpensive.
Seiki Chiba, Mikio Waki
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Super soft silicone elastomers with high dielectric permittivity [PDF]
, 2015 Dielectric elastomers (DEs) have many favourable properties. The obstacle of high driving voltages, however, limits the commercial viability of the technology at present. Driving voltage can be lowered by decreasing the Young’s modulus and increasing the
Skov, Anne Ladegaard +7 more
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A Skin‐Like Strain Sensor for Real‐Time Human Motion Detection
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A skin‐like strain sensor with exceptional flexibility and breathability enables real‐time human motion detection. It offers continuous ECG monitoring and gesture recognition, ensuring high durability and comfort. This innovative design is ideal for wearable applications, combining reliable performance with seamless integration into dynamic ...
Shiqi Song +5 more
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Synthesizing New Dielectric Elastomers for Actuation [PDF]
, 2015 Dielectric elastomers can be actuated under electric field responding to electrostatic force. Compared with other electrical actuation technologies, the advantages of dielectric elastomer actuators include: light weight, good compliancy, large actuation ...
Hu, Wei
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Develop a LiCl–PEI–PAM hydrogel with 3000% stretchability and excellent optical transparency. Through comparative studies of various salts, confirm that LiCl is the most suitable salt for high TENG output. Achieve excellent freeze‐resistant, dry‐resistant, and rapid self‐healing (10 s) properties even in extreme environments. Balance ionic conductivity,
Hai Anh Thi Le +6 more
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Electromechanical coupled deformation analysis of a hyper-elastic dielectric membrane under combined pressure and electric loading [PDF]
EPJ Web of ConferencesDielectric elastomers are soft, lightweight, and highly deformable electroactive polymers that undergo large deformations when subjected to mechanical and electrical loading.
Kumar Nirmal +2 more
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Soft Actuators and Robotic Devices for Rehabilitation and Assistance
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022 Soft actuators and robotic devices have been increasingly applied to the field of rehabilitation and assistance, where safe human and machine interaction is of particular importance.
Min Pan +8 more
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Dielectric Elastomer Cooperative Microactuator Systems—DECMAS
Actuators, 2023 This paper presents results of the first phase of “Dielectric Elastomer Cooperative Microactuator Systems” (DECMAS), a project within the German Research Foundation Priority Program 2206, “Cooperative Multistable Multistage Microactuator Systems” (KOMMMA)
Stefan Seelecke +5 more
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Actuation response of polyacrylate dielectric elastomers [PDF]
SPIE Proceedings, 2001 Polyacrylate dielectric elastomers have yielded extremely large strain and elastic energy density suggesting that they are useful for many actuator applications. A thorough understanding of the physics underlying the mechanism of the observed response to an electric field can help develop improved actuators.
Kofod, G. +3 more
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