Harnessing large deformation and instabilities of soft dielectrics: Theory, experiment, and application

Charge localization instability in a highly deformable dielectric elastomer

(2014) Tongqing Lu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Cyclic performance of viscoelastic dielectric elastomers with solid hydrogel electrodes

(2014) Yuanyuan Bai et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Theory of dielectric elastomers

(2013) Zhigang Suo   ACTA MECHANICA SOLIDA SINICA

A finite element method for dielectric elastomer transducers

(2013) Shaoxing Qu et al.   ACTA MECHANICA SOLIDA SINICA

Bioinspired Surfaces with Dynamic Topography for Active Control of Biofouling

(2013) Phanindhar Shivapooja et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2013) Siegfried Bauer et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Tunable stiffness of electrorheological elastomers by designing mesostructures

(2013) Changyong Cao et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Analysis of microstructural induced enhancement of electromechanical coupling in soft dielectrics

(2013) Stephan Rudykh et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Electromechanical instability on dielectric polymer surface: Modeling and experiment

(2013) Harold S. Park et al.   COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING

Deformation dependent dielectric permittivity and its effect on actuator performance and stability

(2013) Salomón M.A. Jiménez et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NON-LINEAR MECHANICS

Phase Diagrams of Instabilities in Compressed Film-Substrate Systems

(2013) Qiming Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Viscoelastic deformation of a dielectric elastomer membrane subject to electromechanical loads

(2013) Huiming Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Modeling of dielectric elastomers: Design of actuators and energy harvesting devices

(2013) David L. Henann et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Elastic dielectric composites: Theory and application to particle-filled ideal dielectrics

(2013) Oscar Lopez-Pamies   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Reversible Sliding in Networks of Nanowires

(2013) Jianghong Wu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Multifunctionality and control of the crumpling and unfolding of large-area graphene

(2013) Jianfeng Zang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Tunable lenses using transparent dielectric elastomer actuators

(2013) Samuel Shian et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Creasing-wrinkling transition in elastomer films under electric fields

(2013) Qiming Wang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Stretchable, Transparent, Ionic Conductors

(2013) C. Keplinger et al.   SCIENCE

A Clear Advance in Soft Actuators

(2013) J. A. Rogers   SCIENCE

Performance of soft dielectric laminated composites

(2013) Massimiliano Gei et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Stretch dependence of the electrical breakdown strength and dielectric constant of dielectric elastomers

(2013) Andreas Tröls et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Long lifetime, fault-tolerant freestanding actuators based on a silicone dielectric elastomer and self-clearing carbon nanotube compliant electrodes

(2013) Hristiyan Stoyanov et al.   RSC Advances

Flexible and Stretchable Electronics Paving the Way for Soft Robotics

(2013) Nanshu Lu et al.   Soft Robotics

Ultrastretchable Fibers with Metallic Conductivity Using a Liquid Metal Alloy Core

(2012) Shu Zhu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Bistable Large-Strain Actuation of Interpenetrating Polymer Networks

(2012) Xiaofan Niu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Buckling of Aligned Carbon Nanotubes as Stretchable Conductors: A New Manufacturing Strategy

(2012) Yong Zhu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Compliant Silver Nanowire-Polymer Composite Electrodes for Bistable Large Strain Actuation

(2012) Sungryul Yun et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Highly Conductive and Stretchable Silver Nanowire Conductors

(2012) Feng Xu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Dynamic Electrostatic Lithography: Multiscale On-Demand Patterning on Large-Area Curved Surfaces

(2012) Qiming Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Consistent ocean wave energy harvesting using electroactive polymer (dielectric elastomer) artificial muscle generators

(2012) S. Chiba et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Electromechanically driven variable-focus lens based on transparent dielectric elastomer

(2012) Sang-ik Son et al.   APPLIED OPTICS

Flexible and stretchable electrodes for dielectric elastomer actuators

(2012) Samuel Rosset et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING

Electromechanical instabilities of thermoplastics: Theory and in situ observation

(2012) Qiming Wang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Giant, voltage-actuated deformation of a dielectric elastomer under dead load

(2012) Jiangshui Huang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Increased permittivity nanocomposite dielectrics by controlled interfacial interactions

(2012) Denis N. McCarthy et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

A variational constitutive framework for the nonlinear viscoelastic response of a dielectric elastomer

(2012) Kamran A. Khan et al.   COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS

A dynamic finite element method for inhomogeneous deformation and electromechanical instability of dielectric elastomer transducers

(2012) Harold S. Park et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Electrostatically tunable band gaps in finitely extensible dielectric elastomer fiber composites

(2012) Gal Shmuel   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Model of dissipative dielectric elastomers

(2012) Choon Chiang Foo et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Multi-functional dielectric elastomer artificial muscles for soft and smart machines

(2012) Iain A. Anderson et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Energy harvesting of dielectric elastomer generators concerning inhomogeneous fields and viscoelastic deformation

(2012) Tiefeng Li et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Microfabrication and characterization of an array of dielectric elastomer actuators generating uniaxial strain to stretch individual cells

(2012) S Akbari et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Synthesizing a new dielectric elastomer exhibiting large actuation strain and suppressed electromechanical instability without prestretching

(2012) Xiaofan Niu et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Band-gaps in electrostatically controlled dielectric laminates subjected to incremental shear motions

(2012) Gal Shmuel et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Giant voltage-induced deformation in dielectric elastomers near the verge of snap-through instability

(2012) Tiefeng Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Electromechanical instability and snap-through instability of dielectric elastomers undergoing polarization saturation

(2012) Liwu Liu et al.   MECHANICS OF MATERIALS

Deformation and instabilities in dielectric elastomer composites

(2012) Wenyuan Li et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Two types of transitions to wrinkles in dielectric elastomers

(2012) Jian Zhu et al.   Soft Matter

Dielectric elastomer actuators under equal-biaxial forces, uniaxial forces, and uniaxial constraint of stiff fibers

(2012) Tongqing Lu et al.   Soft Matter

Viscoelastic effects on electromechanical instabilities in dielectric elastomers

(2012) Harold S. Park et al.   Soft Matter

Bursting drops in solid dielectrics caused by high voltages

(2012) Qiming Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Bioinspired Tunable Lens with Muscle-Like Electroactive Elastomers

(2011) Federico Carpi et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

New Silicone Composites for Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Applications In Competition with Acrylic Foil

(2011) Dorina M. Opris et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

Mechanical constraints enhance electrical energy densities of soft dielectrics

(2011) Lin Zhang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Electromechanical stability in charge-controlled dielectric elastomer actuation

(2011)   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Method for measuring energy generation and efficiency of dielectric elastomer generators

(2011) Rainer Kaltseis et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Polarization-modified instability and actuation transition of deformable dielectric

(2011) Bo Li et al.   EPL

A finite-strain constitutive theory for electro-active polymer composites via homogenization

(2011) P. Ponte Castañeda et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NON-LINEAR MECHANICS

Snap-through actuation of thick-wall electroactive balloons

(2011) Stephan Rudykh et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NON-LINEAR MECHANICS

Soft capacitors for wave energy harvesting

(2011) Karsten Ahnert et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Effect of mechanical pre-stretch on the stabilization of dielectric elastomer actuation

(2011) Bo Li et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Mechanisms of large actuation strain in dielectric elastomers

(2011) Soo Jin Adrian Koh et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Dielectric elastomer composites

(2011) L. Tian et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

A theory for large deformation and damage of interpenetrating polymer networks

(2011) Xuanhe Zhao   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Skin-like pressure and strain sensors based on transparent elastic films of carbon nanotubes

(2011) Darren J. Lipomi et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Creasing to Cratering Instability in Polymers under Ultrahigh Electric Fields

(2011) Qiming Wang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Unfolding the Sulcus

(2011) Evan Hohlfeld et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Enhancement of the actuation performance of dielectric triblock copolymers modified with additives

(2011) Yeonju Jang et al.   POLYMER INTERNATIONAL

Electromechanical phase transition in dielectric elastomers

(2011) R. Huang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

From wrinkles to creases in elastomers: the instability and imperfection-sensitivity of wrinkling

(2011) Y. Cao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Cilia-Like Beating of Active Microtubule Bundles

(2011) T. Sanchez et al.   SCIENCE

Electro-creasing instability in deformed polymers: experiment and theory

(2011) Qiming Wang et al.   Soft Matter

Harnessing snap-through instability in soft dielectrics to achieve giant voltage-triggered deformation

(2011) Christoph Keplinger et al.   Soft Matter

Trends in the development of environmentally friendly fouling-resistant marine coatings

(2011) James A. Callow et al.   Nature Communications

NONEQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS OF DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS

(2011) XUANHE ZHAO et al.   International Journal of Applied Mechanics

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

(2010) Martin Molberg et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Electrical failure in blends of chemically identical, soft thermoplastic elastomers with different elastic stiffness

(2010) Matthias Kollosche et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

An integrated, self-priming dielectric elastomer generator

(2010) Thomas McKay et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Optimal Synthesis of Conically Shaped Dielectric Elastomer Linear Actuators: Design Methodology and Experimental Validation

(2010) Giovanni Berselli et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Dielectric Elastomer Generators: How Much Energy Can Be Converted?

(2010) Soo Jin Adrian Koh et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Resonant behavior of a membrane of a dielectric elastomer

(2010) Jian Zhu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Instabilities in multilayered soft dielectrics

(2010) Katia Bertoldi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Modeling viscoelastic dielectrics

(2010) Wei Hong   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Theory of Dielectric Elastomers Capable of Giant Deformation of Actuation

(2010) Xuanhe Zhao et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Nonlinear oscillation of a dielectric elastomer balloon

(2010) Jian Zhu et al.   POLYMER INTERNATIONAL

Perspectives for new dielectric elastomers with improved electromechanical actuation performance: composites versus blends

(2010) Giuseppe Gallone et al.   POLYMER INTERNATIONAL

Rontgen's electrode-free elastomer actuators without electromechanical pull-in instability

(2010) C. Keplinger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Active scaffolds for on-demand drug and cell delivery

(2010) X. Zhao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Stretching Dielectric Elastomer Performance

(2010) F. Carpi et al.   SCIENCE

Materials and Mechanics for Stretchable Electronics

(2010) J. A. Rogers et al.   SCIENCE

Self-priming dielectric elastomer generators

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

Surface instability maps for soft materials

(2010) W. H. Wong et al.   Soft Matter

Elastic block copolymer nanocomposites with controlled interfacial interactions for artificial muscles with direct voltage control

(2010) Hristiyan Stoyanov et al.   Soft Matter

Electromechanical instability in semicrystalline polymers

(2009) Xuanhe Zhao et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Electromechanical stability of dielectric elastomer

(2009) Jinsong Leng et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Dielectric elastomers of interpenetrating networks

(2009) Zhigang Suo 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

Large-strain, rigid-to-rigid deformation of bistable electroactive polymers

(2009) Zhibin Yu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Formation of creases on the surfaces of elastomers and gels

(2009) Wei Hong 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

Attachment and detachment of bacteria on surfaces with tunable and switchable wettability

(2009) Linnea K. Ista et al.   BIOFOULING

Bioinspiration—the solution for biofouling control?

(2009) Emily Ralston et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Effect of an electric field on the bifurcation of a biaxially stretched incompressible slab rubber

(2009) R. Díaz-Calleja et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E

Dielectric elastomer membranes undergoing inhomogeneous deformation

(2009) Tianhu He et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Finite Deformations of Tubular Dielectric Elastomer Sensors

(2009) Seyul Son et al.   JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES

Nonlinear vibrations of a radially stretched circular hyperelastic membrane

(2009) Paulo B. Gonçalves et al.   JOURNAL OF SOUND AND VIBRATION

Electric field-induced surface transformations and experimental dynamic characteristics of dielectric elastomer membranes

(2009) J.W. Fox et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Advances in Dielectric Elastomers for Actuators and Artificial Muscles

(2009) Paul Brochu et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Stacked dielectric elastomer actuator for tensile force transmission

(2009) G. Kovacs et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Silicone–Poly(hexylthiophene) Blends as Elastomers with Enhanced Electromechanical Transduction Properties

(2008) F. Carpi et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Surface Wrinkles for Smart Adhesion

(2008) E. P. Chan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fault-Tolerant Dielectric Elastomer Actuators using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Electrodes

(2008) W. Yuan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Finite element modelling of dielectric elastomer minimum energy structures

(2008) Benjamin O’Brien et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING

Comment on “Method to analyze electromechanical stability of dielectric elastomers”[Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 061921 (2007)]

(2008) Yanju Liu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Comment on “Method to analyze electromechanical stability of dielectric elastomers” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 061921 (2007)]

(2008) Andrew N. Norris   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Method to analyze programmable deformation of dielectric elastomer layers

(2008) Xuanhe Zhao et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Capacitive extensometry for transient strain analysis of dielectric elastomer actuators

(2008) Christoph Keplinger et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

On the Electric Breakdown Behavior of Silicone Gel at Interfaces

(2008) G. Finis et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DIELECTRICS AND ELECTRICAL INSULATION

Nonlinear electroelastostatics: Incremental equations and stability

(2008) A. Dorfmann et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE

Stretching and polarizing a dielectric gel immersed in a solvent

(2008) Xuanhe Zhao et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

On designing dielectric elastomer actuators

(2008) Mickael Moscardo et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Electrostriction in elastic dielectrics undergoing large deformation

(2008) Xuanhe Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

A review on dielectric elastomer actuators, technology, applications, and challenges

(2008) Ailish O’Halloran et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

The static actuation of dielectric elastomer actuators: how does pre-stretch improve actuation?

(2008) Guggi Kofod   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

On the dynamic electromechanical loading of dielectric elastomer membranes

(2008) J.W. Fox et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Propagation of instability in dielectric elastomers

(2007) Jinxiong Zhou et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

A nonlinear field theory of deformable dielectrics

(2007) Z SUO et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Dielectric elastomers as actuators for upper limb prosthetics: Challenges and opportunities

(2007) Elaine Biddiss et al.   MEDICAL ENGINEERING & PHYSICS

A self-sensing dielectric elastomer actuator

(2007) Kwangmok Jung et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL