Dielectric elastomer actuators with increased dielectric permittivity and low leakage current capable of suppressing electromechanical instability

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

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

Bottlebrush Elastomers: A New Platform for Freestanding Electroactuation

(2016) Mohammad Vatankhah-Varnoosfaderani et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The Current State of Silicone-Based Dielectric Elastomer Transducers

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

Elastomers with tunable dielectric and electromechanical properties

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

Dielectric silicone elastomers filled with in situ generated polar silsesquioxanes: Preparation, characterization and evaluation of electromechanical performance

(2016) Adrian Bele et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

Tuning the Electromechanical Properties of Silicones by Crosslinking Agent

(2015) Adrian Bele et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Ultrafast All-Polymer Electrically Tunable Silicone Lenses

(2015) Luc Maffli et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

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

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

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

Highly stretchable dielectric elastomer composites containing high volume fractions of silver nanoparticles

(2015) Jose Enrico Q. Quinsaat 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

Well-defined silicone–titania composites with good performances in actuation and energy harvesting

(2013) Maria Cazacu et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS

All-silicone prestrain-locked interpenetrating polymer network elastomers: free-standing silicone artificial muscles with improved performance and robustness

(2013) P Brochu 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

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

(2012) Jiangshui Huang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

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

A finite element approach for modelling multilayer unimorph dielectric elastomer actuators with inhomogeneous layer geometry

(2012) Oluwaseun A Araromi et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

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

(2012) Tongqing Lu et al.   Soft Matter

Performance evaluation of cutting-edge dielectric elastomers for large-scale actuator applications

(2011) C Jordi et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

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

(2011) Christoph Keplinger et al.   Soft Matter

Polydimethylsiloxane/silica/titania composites prepared by solvent-free sol–gel technique

(2010) Mihaela Alexandru et al.   JOURNAL OF SOL-GEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scaling of planar dielectric elastomer actuators in an agonist-antagonist configuration

(2010) C. Jordi et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Advances in Dielectric Elastomers for Actuators and Artificial Muscles

(2009) Paul Brochu et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

On designing dielectric elastomer actuators

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