Increasing the performance of dielectric elastomer actuators: A review from the materials perspective

LJ Romasanta, MA López-Manchado… - Progress in Polymer …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
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 …

The current state of silicone‐based dielectric elastomer transducers

FB Madsen, AE Daugaard, S Hvilsted… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Silicone elastomers are promising materials for dielectric elastomer transducers (DETs) due
to their superior properties such as high efficiency, reliability and fast response times. DETs …

Enhanced Sensitivity of Capacitive Pressure and Strain Sensor Based on CaCu3Ti4O12 Wrapped Hybrid Sponge for Wearable Applications

A Chhetry, S Sharma, H Yoon, S Ko… - Advanced Functional …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Pressure sensors with highly sensitive and flexible characteristics have extensive
applications in wearable electronics, soft robotics, human–machine interface, and more …

Fabrication, characterization, properties and theoretical analysis of ceramic/PVDF composite flexible films with high dielectric constant and low dielectric loss

B Luo, X Wang, Y Wang, L Li - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Calcium barium zirconate titanate (Ba0. 95Ca0. 05Zr0. 15Ti0. 85O3, BCZT) ceramic
particles were prepared by a conventional solid-state method. BCZT powders were modified …

Polar elastomers as novel materials for electromechanical actuator applications

DM Opris - Advanced Materials, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Dielectric elastomer actuators are stretchable capacitors capable of a musclelike actuation
when charged. They will one day be used to replace malfunctioning muscles supposing the …

Printing low-voltage dielectric elastomer actuators

A Poulin, S Rosset, HR Shea - Applied Physics Letters, 2015‏ - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate the fabrication of fully printed thin dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs),
reducing the operation voltage below 300 V while kee** good actuation strain. DEAs are …

Self‐repairable, high permittivity dielectric elastomers with large actuation strains at low electric fields

SJ Dünki, YS Ko, FA Nüesch… - Advanced Functional …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
A one‐step process for the synthesis of elastomers with high permittivity, excellent
mechanical properties and increased electromechanical sensitivity is presented. It starts …

Evaluation of dielectric elastomers to develop materials suitable for actuation

P Banet, N Zeggai, J Chavanne, GTM Nguyen, L Chikh… - Soft Matter, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Electroactive polymers based on dielectric elastomers are stretchable and compressible
capacitors that can act as transducers between electrical and mechanical energies …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of graphene liquid crystal on dielectric properties of polydimethylsiloxane nanocomposites

Z Zhang, J Zhang, S Li, J Liu, M Dong, Y Li, N Lu… - Composites Part B …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Graphene can form a liquid crystal phase due to its anisotropic flake characteristics, it shows
great potential in the field of high dielectric composites. In this paper, the graphene oxide …

Recent advances in soft functional materials: preparation, functions and applications

J Li, WY Wong, X Tao - Nanoscale, 2020‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Synthetic materials and biomaterials with elastic moduli lower than 10 MPa are generally
considered as soft materials. Research studies on soft materials have been boosted due to …