Due to the inherent rigidity of hard materials, the adaptability and flexibility of traditional
robots are limited. Recently, soft robots became one of the most attractive areas. The …

In the past decade, the development of theory has deeply revealed the electromechanical
coupling deformation mechanism of dielectric elastomer (DE). Many theoretical predictions …

A non-faradaic junction (NFJ) is a connection between an ionic conductor and an electronic
conductor in which no electrochemical reaction takes place. The junction behaves like a …

In the last few years, it has been recognized that the large deformation capacity of
elastomeric materials that are sensitive to electric fields can be harnessed for use in …

The basic modern theory of nonlinear electroelasticity and its use in the formulation of
constitutive laws governing the behaviour of dielectric elastomer materials was summarized …

We study localized bulging of a cylindrical hyperelastic tube of arbitrary thickness when it is
subjected to the combined action of inflation and axial extension. It is shown that with the …

Soft materials, such as liquids, polymers, foams, gels, colloids, granular materials, and most
soft biological materials, play an important role in our daily lives. From a mechanical …

This paper investigates the impacts of residual stress and viscoelasticity on the bifurcation
and post-bifurcation behaviors of dielectric elastomer tube actuator (DETA) with finite …

We derive a one-dimensional (1d) model for the analysis of bulging or necking in an inflated
hyperelastic tube of finite wall thickness from the three-dimensional (3d) finite elasticity …

Human‐like and creature‐like systems are one of the most representative imaginary
blueprints of future robots. To fulfill this blueprint, the development of high‐performance …