Intrinsically Tuning the Electromechanical Properties of Elastomeric Dielectrics: A Chemistry Perspective

Soft Freestanding Planar Artificial Muscle Based on Dielectric Elastomer Actuator

(2018) Lei Qin et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Resonant wave energy harvester based on dielectric elastomer generator

(2018) Giacomo Moretti et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Electrospun Poly(l -Lactic Acid) Nanofibers for Nanogenerator and Diagnostic Sensor Applications

(2017) Gengrui Zhao et al.   MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING

Controlling Crystal Microstructure To Minimize Loss in Polymer Dielectrics

(2017) Daniel F. Miranda et al.   MACROMOLECULES

50th Anniversary Perspective: Dielectric Phenomena in Polymers and Multilayered Dielectric Films

(2017) Eric Baer et al.   MACROMOLECULES

A facile synthetic strategy to polysiloxanes containing sulfonyl side groups with high dielectric permittivity

(2017) Simon J. Dünki et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Vinylidene fluoride- and trifluoroethylene-containing fluorinated electroactive copolymers. How does chemistry impact properties?

(2017) Thibaut Soulestin et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Soft dielectric elastomer actuator micropump

(2017) Farah Afiqa Mohd Ghazali et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Self-stabilizing dielectric elastomer generators

(2017) P Zanini et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Enhanced cold crystallization and dielectric polarization of PLA composites induced by P[MPEGMA-IL] and graphene

(2017) Pei Xu et al.   THERMOCHIMICA ACTA

Multiscale-structuring of polyvinylidene fluoride for energy harvesting: the impact of molecular-, micro- and macro-structure

(2017) Chaoying Wan et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Significantly improved electromechanical performance of dielectric elastomers via alkyl side-chain engineering

(2017) Jie Mao et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Breakdown in the Case for Materials with Giant Permittivity?

(2017) J. I. Roscow et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Energy harvesting efficiency of piezoelectric polymer film with graphene and metal electrodes

(2017) Sanghoon Park et al.   Scientific Reports

Achieving High Energy Density in PVDF-Based Polymer Blends: Suppression of Early Polarization Saturation and Enhancement of Breakdown Strength

(2016) Xin Zhang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Recent Progress on Ferroelectric Polymer-Based Nanocomposites for High Energy Density Capacitors: Synthesis, Dielectric Properties, and Future Aspects

(2016) Prateek et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Mechanical and dielectric properties of SEBS modified by graphite inclusion and composite interface

(2016) Ramona Marina Grigorescu et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS

The Current State of Silicone-Based Dielectric Elastomer Transducers

(2016) Frederikke B. Madsen et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Facile Arm-First Synthesis of Star Block Copolymers via ARGET ATRP with ppm Amounts of Catalyst

(2016) Hangjun Ding et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Homogeneous dielectric elastomers with dramatically improved actuated strain by grafting dipoles onto SBS using thiol–ene click chemistry

(2016) Haibin Sun et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Modification of polydimethylsiloxane with polyvinylpyrrolidone: Influence of reinforcing filler on physico-mechanical properties

(2016) Shib Shankar Banerjee et al.   POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE

1D/2D Carbon Nanomaterial-Polymer Dielectric Composites with High Permittivity for Power Energy Storage Applications

(2016) Zhi-Min Dang et al.   Small

Silicone-based elastic composites able to generate energy on micromechanical impulse

(2016) Carmen Racles et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Multifunctional shape memory electrodes for dielectric elastomer actuators enabling high holding force and low-voltage multisegment addressing

(2016) David McCoul et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Dopamine and silane functionalized barium titanate with improved electromechanical properties for silicone dielectric elastomers

(2016) Dan Yang et al.   RSC Advances

Largely improved electromechanical properties of thermoplastic dielectric elastomers by grafting carboxyl onto SBS through thiol–ene click chemistry

(2016) Ming Tian et al.   RSC Advances

Improved electromechanical properties of NBR dielectric composites by poly(dopamine) and silane surface functionalized TiO2 nanoparticles

(2016) Dan Yang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Optically and thermally activated shape memory supramolecular liquid crystalline polymers

(2016) Shangyi Fu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Elastomers with tunable dielectric and electromechanical properties

(2016) Simon J. Dünki et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Percolation threshold-inspired design of hierarchical multiscale hybrid architectures based on carbon nanotubes and silver nanoparticles for stretchable and printable electronics

(2016) Songfang Zhao et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Tuning the Electromechanical Properties of Silicones by Crosslinking Agent

(2015) Adrian Bele et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

An All-Solid-State Flexible Piezoelectric High-kFilm Functioning as Both a Generator and In Situ Storage Unit

(2015) Wangshu Tong et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Graphene-Enabled Superior and Tunable Photomechanical Actuation in Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Nanocomposites

(2015) Yingkui Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Versatile Soft Grippers with Intrinsic Electroadhesion Based on Multifunctional Polymer Actuators

(2015) Jun Shintake et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Conductive Fiber-Based Ultrasensitive Textile Pressure Sensor for Wearable Electronics

(2015) Jaehong Lee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Thermal and dielectric properties of “thiol–ene” photocured hybrid composite materials from allyl-terminated benzoxazine and SH-POSS

(2015) K. Sethuraman et al.   HIGH PERFORMANCE POLYMERS

Achieving High Performance Electric Field Induced Strain: A Rational Design of Hyperbranched Aromatic Polyamide Functionalized Graphene–Polyurethane Dielectric Elastomer Composites

(2015) Tian Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Design, fabrication and control of soft robots

(2015) Daniela Rus et al.   NATURE

Tuned, driven, and active soft matter

(2015) Andreas M. Menzel   PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS

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

(2015) L.J. Romasanta et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Energy harvesting device based on a metallic glass/PVDF magnetoelectric laminated composite

(2015) A Lasheras et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Investigation on the performance of a viscoelastic dielectric elastomer membrane generator

(2015) Jianyou Zhou et al.   Soft Matter

Fine-tuning of the dielectric properties of polysiloxanes by chemical modification

(2015) Simon J. Dünki et al.   RSC Advances

Synthesis of silicone elastomers containing trifluoropropyl groups and their use in dielectric elastomer transducers

(2015) Mihaela Dascalu et al.   RSC Advances

Dielectric elastomer actuator with excellent electromechanical performance using slide-ring materials/barium titanate composites

(2015) Dan Yang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Highly improved electro-actuation of dielectric elastomers by molecular grafting of azobenzenes to silicon rubber

(2015) Ling Zhang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Two percolation thresholds and remarkably high dielectric permittivity in pristine carbon nanotube/elastomer composites

(2015) Khurram Shehzad et al.   Applied Nanoscience

Strain-Driven and Ultrasensitive Resistive Sensor/Switch Based on Conductive Alginate/Nitrogen-Doped Carbon-Nanotube-Supported Ag Hybrid Aerogels with Pyramid Design

(2014) Songfang Zhao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Highly Stretchable and Sensitive Strain Sensor Based on Silver Nanowire–Elastomer Nanocomposite

(2014) Morteza Amjadi et al.   ACS Nano

Ultrahigh Energy Density of Polymer Nanocomposites Containing BaTiO3@TiO2Nanofibers by Atomic-Scale Interface Engineering

(2014) Xin Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Piezoelectricity and ferroelectricity in odd-odd nylons with long alkane segments

(2014)   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Development of Flexible Piezoelectric Poly(dimethylsiloxane)–BaTiO3 Nanocomposites for Electrical Energy Harvesting

(2014) Suryakanta Nayak et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Poly(methyl methacrylate)-functionalized graphene/polyurethane dielectric elastomer composites with superior electric field induced strain

(2014) Tian Chen et al.   MATERIALS LETTERS

Silicone elastomers with high dielectric permittivity and high dielectric breakdown strength based on dipolar copolymers

(2014) Frederikke Bahrt Madsen et al.   POLYMER

A simple approach to preparation of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane crosslinked poly(styrene-b-butadiene-b-styrene) elastomers with a unique micro-morphology via UV-induced thiol–ene reaction

(2014) Jing Bai et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Synthesis and dielectric properties of novel liquid crystalline triblock copolymers with cyanobiphenyl moieties and poly(n-butyl acrylate) segments

(2014) Cuihong Zhang et al.   POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES

Diblock copolymers composed of a liquid crystalline azo block and a poly(dimethylsiloxane) block: synthesis, morphology and photoresponsive properties

(2014) Renbo Wei et al.   RSC Advances

Chemical modification of polysiloxanes with polar pendant groups by co-hydrosilylation

(2014) Carmen Racles et al.   RSC Advances

25th Anniversary Article: A Soft Future: From Robots and Sensor Skin to Energy Harvesters

(2013) Siegfried Bauer et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Electroactive Polymers: Developments of and Perspectives for Dielectric Elastomers

(2013) James Biggs et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A high-K ferroelectric relaxor terpolymer as a gate dielectric for organic thin film transistors

(2013) Shan Wu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Metal-polymer nanocomposites with high percolation threshold and high dielectric constant

(2013) Lin Zhang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Converting an Electrical Insulator into a Dielectric Capacitor: End-Capping Polystyrene with Oligoaniline

(2013) Christopher G. Hardy et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Dielectric breakdown and mechanical properties of polylactic acid of different spherulite sizes

(2013) Naru Matsugasaki et al.   IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Actuators based on liquid crystalline elastomer materials

(2013) Hongrui Jiang et al.   Nanoscale

A nanocomposite approach to tailor electrocaloric effect in ferroelectric polymer

(2013) Xiang-Zhong Chen et al.   POLYMER

Synthesis, nanostructures and dielectric properties of novel liquid crystalline block copolymers

(2013) Cuihong Zhang et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Dipolar cross-linkers for PDMS networks with enhanced dielectric permittivity and low dielectric loss

(2013) Frederikke Bahrt Madsen et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Synthesis and characterization of silicones containing cyanopropyl groups and their use in dielectric elastomer actuators

(2013) Carmen Racles et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Liquid single crystal elastomer/conducting polymer bilayer composite actuator: modelling and experiments

(2013) Francesco Greco et al.   Soft Matter

Improved Dielectric Properties of Nanocomposites Based on Poly(vinylidene fluoride) and Poly(vinyl alcohol)-Functionalized Graphene

(2012) Dongrui Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Polyhedral Oligosilsesquioxane-Modified Boron Nitride Nanotube Based Epoxy Nanocomposites: An Ideal Dielectric Material with High Thermal Conductivity

(2012) Xingyi Huang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Synergistic Improvement of Actuation Properties with Compatibilized High Permittivity Filler

(2012) Sebastian Risse et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Electro-mechanical properties and electrostriction response of a rubbery polymer for EAP applications

(2012) V.L. Tagarielli et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Composition dependence of dielectric properties, elastic modulus, and electroactivity in (carbon black-BaTiO3)/silicone rubber nanocomposites

(2012) Hang Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

Effects of Annealing Solvents on the Morphology of Block Copolymer-Based Supramolecular Thin Films

(2012) Wei-Han Huang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP): Current Status and Future Perspectives

(2012) Krzysztof Matyjaszewski   MACROMOLECULES

Dielectric elastomers: Stretching the capabilities of energy harvesting

(2012) Roy D. Kornbluh et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Novel cross-linkers for PDMS networks for controlled and well distributed grafting of functionalities by click chemistry

(2012) Frederikke Bahrt Madsen et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Matrix stiffness dependent electro-mechanical response of dipole grafted silicones

(2012) Björn Kussmaul et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

A versatile method for enhancement of electromechanical sensitivity of silicone elastomers

(2012) Sebastian Risse et al.   RSC Advances

Enhancement Of Dielectric Permittivity And Electromechanical Response In Silicone Elastomers: Molecular Grafting Of Organic Dipoles To The Macromolecular Network

(2011) Björn Kussmaul et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Cross-linking effect on dielectric properties of polypropylene thin films and applications in electric energy storage

(2011) Xuepei Yuan et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Soft generators using dielectric elastomers

(2011) Thomas G. McKay et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Poly(vinylidene fluoride)-graft-poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate): a novel material for high energy density capacitors

(2011) Vijay Kumar Thakur et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Polystyrene grafted polyvinylidenefluoride copolymers with high capacitive performance

(2011) Vijay Kumar Thakur et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Multigait soft robot

(2011) R. F. Shepherd et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Functionalised graphene sheets as effective high dielectric constant fillers

(2011) Laura J Romasanta et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

High Breakdown Field Dielectric Elastomer Actuators Using Encapsulated Polyaniline as High Dielectric Constant Filler

(2010) Martin Molberg et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

An integrated, self-priming dielectric elastomer generator

(2010) Thomas McKay et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Short-term breakdown and long-term failure in nanodielectrics: a review

(2010) Shengtao Li et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DIELECTRICS AND ELECTRICAL INSULATION

Molecular composites with enhanced energy density for electroactive polymers

(2010) Hristiyan Stoyanov et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Low dielectric property of novel mesoporous silica/polymer composites using smart molecular caps: Theoretical calculation of air space encapsulated inside mesopores

(2010) Norihiro Suzuki et al.   MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS

Self-priming dielectric elastomer generators

(2010) Thomas McKay et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Dielectric properties and electric breakdown strength of a subpercolative composite of carbon black in thermoplastic copolymer

(2009) Hristiyan Stoyanov et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Maximal energy that can be converted by a dielectric elastomer generator

(2009) Soo Jin Adrian Koh et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Electrical breakdown and ultrahigh electrical energy density in poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) copolymer

(2009) Xin Zhou et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

A First Principle Analysis of the Structure of Oligoanilines Doped with Alkylsulfonic Acids

(2009) Jordi Casanovas et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Advances in Dielectric Elastomers for Actuators and Artificial Muscles

(2009) Paul Brochu et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

The effect of water absorption on the dielectric properties of epoxy nanocomposites

(2008) Chen Zou et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DIELECTRICS AND ELECTRICAL INSULATION

Electronic structure of oligoaniline doped by inorganic and organic acids

(2008) Gang Yang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY

Thiol−Ene Modification of 1,2-Polybutadiene Using UV Light or Sunlight

(2008) Niels ten Brummelhuis et al.   MACROMOLECULES