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Transient Elastomers with High Dielectric Permittivity for Actuators, Sensors, and Beyond [PDF]

open access: yesACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022
Dorina Opris   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Enhanced electromechanical performance through chemistry graft copper phthalocyanine to siloxane‐modified polyurethane and interpenetrate with siloxane silicon rubber as composite actuator material

open access: yesIET Nanodielectrics, 2021
Researchers are devoted to developing dielectric elastomers (DEs) with excellent electromechanical properties as an artificial muscle material. The authors report a new class of semi‐interpenetrating network (semi‐IPN) composites that contains siloxane ...
Tingting Huang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dielectric elastomer actuators for artificial muscles: A comprehensive review of soft robot explorations

open access: yesResources Chemicals and Materials, 2022
Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) artificial muscle is a typical interdisciplinary research category, which has developed by leaps and bounds in the past 20 years, showing great application prospects in various fields.
Yuhao Wang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of chemical microstructures and compositions on the actuation performance of dielectric elastomers: A materials research perspective

open access: yesNano Select, 2023
Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are one of the emerging areas of investigation in smart elastomer research and have attracted considerable interests due to their wide‐ranging applications, for instance in automation and soft robotic components ...
Jishnu Nirmala Suresh   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The dissipative dynamic performances of dielectric elastomer actuator with viscoelastic effects

open access: yesMaterials Research Express, 2022
With large deformability and high energy density, Dielectric elastomers (DEs) deserve interest in soft robotics. Many challenges remain in the real-world applications, for the dynamic performance of dielectric elastomer actuator and their energy ...
Jin Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dielectric elastomer artificial muscle materials advancement and soft robotic applications

open access: yesSmartMat, 2023
Conventional robotic systems are built with rigid materials to deal with large forces and predetermined processes. Soft robotics, however, is an emerging field seeking to develop adaptable robots that can perform tasks in unpredictable environments and ...
Yuxuan Guo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enhanced electromechanical performance of natural rubber dielectric elastomers achieved by in situ synthesis of silver nanoparticles on TiO2 nanoparticles

open access: yesIET Nanodielectrics, 2022
Dielectric elastomers (DEs) could transduce electrical energy to mechanical energy, but their applications are currently limited by the elevated driving voltages.
Liyuan Yu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experimental investigation on electromechanical deformation of dielectric elastomers under different temperatures

open access: yesTheoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, 2015
Under an applied voltage, dielectric elastomers (DEs) produce an actuation strain that is nonlinear, partly because of the material properties. In this study, an experimental characterization is conducted to evaluate how the ambient temperature and pre ...
Lei Liu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fully Polymeric Domes as High-Stroke Biasing System for Soft Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

open access: yesFrontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021
The availability of compliant actuators is essential for the development of soft robotic systems. Dielectric elastomers (DEs) represent a class of smart actuators which has gained a significant popularity in soft robotics, due to their unique mix of ...
Julian Neu   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Possibility of a Portable Power Generator Using Dielectric Elastomers and a Charging System for Secondary Batteries

open access: yesEnergies, 2022
Energy generation using dielectric elastomers (DE) has received a great deal of attention due to their light weight, low cost, and high efficiency. This method is an environmentally friendly system that generates electricity without emitting carbon ...
Seiki Chiba, Mikio Waki
doaj   +1 more source

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