Engineering Electroactive Dielectric Elastomers for Miniature Electromechanical Transducers

Actuator design and automated manufacturing process for DEAP-based multilayer stack-actuators

(2015) Jürgen Maas et al.   MECCANICA

Mechanical characterization of bulk Sylgard 184 for microfluidics and microengineering

(2014) I D Johnston et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Preparation of electromechanically active silicone composites and some evaluations of their suitability for biomedical applications

(2014) Mihail Iacob et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

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

(2014) Frederikke Bahrt Madsen et al.   POLYMER

Synthesis of telechelic vinyl/allyl functional siloxane copolymers with structural control

(2014) F. B. Madsen et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Dielectric elastomer actuators fabricated using a micro-molding process

(2014) Aaron P Gerratt et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Natural rubber for sustainable high-power electrical energy generation

(2014) Rainer Kaltseis et al.   RSC Advances

Ultra high permittivity and significantly enhanced electric field induced strain in PEDOT:PSS–RGO@PU intelligent shape-changing electro-active polymers

(2014) Tian Chen et al.   RSC Advances

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

(2014) Carmen Racles et al.   RSC Advances

Physical developmental cues for the maturation of human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes

(2014) Renjun Zhu et al.   Stem Cell Research & Therapy

Theory of dielectric elastomers

(2013) Zhigang Suo   ACTA MECHANICA SOLIDA SINICA

Maximizing the Energy Density of Dielectric Elastomer Generators Using Equi-Biaxial Loading

(2013) Jiangshui Huang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Electroactive Polymers: Developments of and Perspectives for Dielectric Elastomers

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

Very high dielectric strength for dielectric elastomer actuators in liquid dielectric immersion

(2013) Thanh-Giang La et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Improved electromechanical behavior in castable dielectric elastomer actuators

(2013) Samin Akbari et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Computational model of deformable lenses actuated by dielectric elastomers

(2013) Tongqing Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

A transparent and stretchable graphene-based actuator for tactile display

(2013) Uikyum Kim et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Tunable lenses using transparent dielectric elastomer actuators

(2013) Samuel Shian et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Stretchable, Transparent, Ionic Conductors

(2013) C. Keplinger et al.   SCIENCE

A Clear Advance in Soft Actuators

(2013) J. A. Rogers   SCIENCE

The electro-mechanical performance of electro-active polymer based actuators fabricated using ultra thin metal electrode

(2013) S. Sasikala et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

An active valve incorporated into a microchip using a high strain electroactive polymer

(2013) Yo Tanaka et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Synergistic Improvement of Actuation Properties with Compatibilized High Permittivity Filler

(2012) Sebastian Risse et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

(2012) Sungryul Yun et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2012) S. Chiba et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

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

(2012) Jiangshui Huang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Biomimetic electrochemistry from conducting polymers. A review

(2012) T.F. Otero et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

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

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

Towards materials with enhanced electro-mechanical response: CaCu3Ti4O12–polydimethylsiloxane composites

(2012) Laura J. Romasanta et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

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

A new kind of electro-active polymer composite composed of silicone elastomer and polyethylene glycol

(2012) Haoliang Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

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

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

Electro-adaptive microfluidics for active tuning of channel geometry using polymer actuators

(2012) Coleman Murray et al.   Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Mechanics of stretchable electronics and soft machines

(2012) Zhigang Suo   MRS BULLETIN

An array of 100μm×100μm dielectric elastomer actuators with 80% strain for tissue engineering applications

(2012) Samin Akbari et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Low moduli elastomers with low viscous dissipation

(2012) Anca Gabriela Bejenariu et al.   Soft Matter

Bioinspired Tunable Lens with Muscle-Like Electroactive Elastomers

(2011) Federico Carpi 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

Optimization of PDMS network for a fast response and sensitive actuation material applied in a MEMS spatial light modulator

(2011) G. Ouyang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING

Mechanical stimuli differentially control stem cell behavior: morphology, proliferation, and differentiation

(2011) Timothy M. Maul et al.   Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Flexible and transparent graphene films as acoustic actuator electrodes using inkjet printing

(2011) Keun-Young Shin et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Fabrication and Application of Miniaturized Dielectric Elastomer Stack Actuators

(2011) Peter Lotz et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Spin-coated ultrathin poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) films for flexible and transparent electronics

(2011) Yoon-Young Choi et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Thin-film stretchable electronics technology based on meandering interconnections: fabrication and mechanical performance

(2011) R Verplancke et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Mechanisms of large actuation strain in dielectric elastomers

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

Electro-optic polymer spatial light modulator based on a Fabry–Perot interferometer configuration

(2011) Charles Greenlee et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

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

(2011) Christoph Keplinger et al.   Soft Matter

Dielectric Elastomer Generators: How Much Energy Can Be Converted?

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

Patterning of soft polydimethylsiloxane elastomers using plasma etching

(2010) Geir Bjørnsen et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

Molecular composites with enhanced energy density for electroactive polymers

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

Asymmetric cancer-cell filopodium growth induced by electric-fields in a microfluidic culture chip

(2010) Chun-Chieh Wang et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Speckle reduction using a motionless diffractive optical element

(2010) Guangmin Ouyang et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Theory of Dielectric Elastomers Capable of Giant Deformation of Actuation

(2010) Xuanhe Zhao et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Stretching Dielectric Elastomer Performance

(2010) F. Carpi et al.   SCIENCE

A novel tunable grating fabricated with viscoelastic polymer (PDMS) and conductive polymer (PEDOT)

(2010) G. Ouyang et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Dielectric properties of polyacrylate thick films used in sensors and actuators

(2010) C Jean-Mistral et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

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

(2009) Zhibin Yu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Highly stretchable, conductive, and transparent nanotube thin films

(2009) Liangbing Hu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Image improvement in a laser projection display with a spatial light modulator with a deformable polymer

(2009) Vladimir Kartashov et al.   Journal of the Society for Information Display

Demonstration of an integrated electroactive polymer actuator on a microfluidic electrophoresis device

(2009) Alexander K. Price et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Advances in Dielectric Elastomers for Actuators and Artificial Muscles

(2009) Paul Brochu et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

A comparison between silicone and acrylic elastomers as dielectric materials in electroactive polymer actuators

(2009) Silvain Michel et al.   POLYMER INTERNATIONAL

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

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

Metal Ion Implantation for the Fabrication of Stretchable Electrodes on Elastomers

(2008) Samuel Rosset et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Response of mesenchymal stem cells to the biomechanical environment of the endothelium on a flexible tubular silicone substrate

(2008) Eoin D. O'Cearbhaill et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Development of Soft-Actuator-Based Wearable Tactile Display

(2008) Ig Mo Koo et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

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

Structure–mechanical property correlations of model siloxane elastomers with controlled network topology

(2008) Kenji Urayama et al.   POLYMER