Snap-through path in a bistable dielectric elastomer actuator

Pneumatically Actuated Soft Gripper with Bistable Structures

(2021) Zheng Zhang et al.   Soft Robotics

Self-powered soft robot in the Mariana Trench

(2021) Guorui Li et al.   NATURE

Dielectric elastomer actuators

(2021) Ehsan Hajiesmaili et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

On the Mechanical Power Output Comparisons of Cone Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

(2021) Chongjing Cao et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

A Lesson from Plants: High‐Speed Soft Robotic Actuators

(2020) Richard Baumgartner et al.   Advanced Science

Nonlinear dynamics of dielectric elastomer balloons based on the Gent-Gent hyperelastic model

(2020) Amin Alibakhshi et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MECHANICS A-SOLIDS

Reconfigurable shape-morphing dielectric elastomers using spatially varying electric fields

(2019) Ehsan Hajiesmaili et al.   Nature Communications

Digital logic for soft devices

(2019) Daniel J. Preston et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Balloon dielectric elastomer actuator speaker

(2019) Naoki Hosoya et al.   APPLIED ACOUSTICS

A Magnetically Coupled Dielectric Elastomer Pump for Soft Robotics

(2019) Chongjing Cao et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

Controlled flight of a microrobot powered by soft artificial muscles

(2019) Yufeng Chen et al.   NATURE

Dielectric Elastomer Fluid Pump of High Pressure and Large Volume Via Synergistic Snap-Through

(2018) Yingxi Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Compact Dielectric Elastomer Linear Actuators

(2018) Huichan Zhao et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

An evaluation of the Gent and Gent-Gent material models using inflation of a plane membrane

(2018) Lei Zhou et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES

Dielectric Elastomer Spring-Roll Bending Actuators: Applications in Soft Robotics and Design

(2018) Jinrong Li et al.   Soft Robotics

A Soft Gripper with Rigidity Tunable Elastomer Strips as Ligaments

(2017) Amir Mohammadi Nasab et al.   Soft Robotics

Fast-moving soft electronic fish

(2017) Tiefeng Li et al.   Science Advances

Inflated Soft Actuators with Reversible Stable Deformations

(2016) Lindsey Hines et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Soft mobile robots driven by foldable dielectric elastomer actuators

(2016) Wenjie Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Ultrafast All-Polymer Electrically Tunable Silicone Lenses

(2015) Luc Maffli et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Electro-mechanical coupling bifurcation and bulging propagation in a cylindrical dielectric elastomer tube

(2015) Tongqing Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Temporal evolution and instability in a viscoelastic dielectric elastomer

(2015) Matthias Kollosche et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Tubular dielectric elastomer actuator for active fluidic control

(2015) David McCoul et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Experimental investigation of the electromechanical phase transition in a dielectric elastomer tube

(2015) Le An et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

A Finite Element Method for Inhomogeneous Deformation of Viscoelastic Dielectric Elastomers

(2015) Choon Chiang Foo et al.   International Journal of Applied Mechanics

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

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

Stretchable, Transparent, Ionic Conductors

(2013) C. Keplinger et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2012) Jiangshui Huang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

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

A compact dielectric elastomer tubular actuator for refreshable Braille displays

(2012) P. Chakraborti et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Two types of transitions to wrinkles in dielectric elastomers

(2012) Jian Zhu et al.   Soft Matter

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

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

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

(2011) Christoph Keplinger et al.   Soft Matter

Stretching Dielectric Elastomer Performance

(2010) F. Carpi et al.   SCIENCE

Electromechanical stability of dielectric elastomer

(2009) Jinsong Leng et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Dielectric elastomer membranes undergoing inhomogeneous deformation

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

Finite element modelling of dielectric elastomer minimum energy structures

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

Method to analyze programmable deformation of dielectric elastomer layers

(2008) Xuanhe Zhao et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

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

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