Electro-active polymers (EAPs) are emerging as feasible materials to mimic muscle-like
actuation. Among EAPs, dielectric elastomer (DE) devices are soft or flexible capacitors …

Electroactive polymers based on dielectric elastomers are stretchable and compressible
capacitors that can act as transducers between electrical and mechanical energies …

Self sensing Dielectric Elastomer Actuator (DEA) artificial muscles will enable the creation of
soft, lightweight robots with animal-like capabilities. We demonstrate a fast, accurate, and …

In recent 20 years, electronic equipment has been develo** rapidly in the direction of light,
miniaturization, flexibility, and integration. It is urgent to meet the needs of matching energy …

In this study, the dielectric constants of VHB4905 and VHB4910 are measured
systematically, and the capacitance, edge capacitance, dielectric loss and dielectric loss …

Progress in the design and modifications of dielectric elastomers has offered numerous
effective techniques to improve their electrically induced actuation response. The actuation …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) have attracted much interest over the past decades
due to the inherent flexibility, large strain, high efficiency, high energy density, and fast …

An illustrative documentation of some standard experimental tests of electro-active VHB
4910 polymer under application of purely mechanical and electro-mechanically coupled …

In this work, a new soft dielectric elastomer (DE) was fabricated from dopamine coated
barium titanate particles and silicone rubber (SR). The results showed that the barium …

Natural rubber is one of the most potential electro‐active polymers for sensors, actuators,
and energy harvesting applications. Enhancing the characteristic properties of polymers by …