Bimodal silicone interpenetrating networks sequentially built as electroactive dielectric elastomers

Electroactive Thermoplastic Dielectric Elastomers as a New Generation Polymer Actuators

Electroactive polymers: developments of and perspectives for dielectric elastomers.

We present the development and applications of dielectric elastomers. For the last 10 years the significance of this class of polymers has risen as more applications seem possible and first products have been commercialized.

Dielectric elastomers as next-generation polymeric actuators

Due to their versatile properties, robust behavior, facile processability and low cost, organic polymers have become the material of choice for an increasing number of mature and cutting-edge technologies. In the last decade or so, a new class of polymers capable of responding to external electrical stimulation by displaying significant size or shape change has emerged. These responsive materia...

Monodirectional Positioning Using Dielectric Elastomers

The rationales for the use of microsystems are numerous, including the reduction of consumables, a faster response time, the enhanced portability, the higher resolution, and the higher efficiency; moreover their application sectors are numerous. Nevertheless microproducts have still great difficulty in penetrating the market, mainly due to the limits of the fabrication processes. The hybrid app...

Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Dielectric Elastomers

XUANHE ZHAO∗,†, SOO JIN ADRIAN KOH∗,‡ and ZHIGANG SUO∗,§ ∗School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Kavli Institute for Nanobio Science and Technology Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 †Soft Active Materials Laboratory Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 ‡Institute of High Performance Computing 1 Fusionopolis Way, #16-16 Connexis S...