Dielectric elastomer actuators with elastomeric electrodes

被引：123

作者：

Bozlar, Michael ^{[1
]}

Punckt, Christian ^{[1
,2
]}

Korkut, Sibel ^{[1
,2
]}

Zhu, Jian ^{[3
]}

Foo, Choon Chiang ^{[3
,4
]}

Suo, Zhigang ^{[3
]}

Aksay, Ilhan A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Princeton Univ, Dept Chem & Biol Engn, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA

[2] Vorbeck Mat Corp, Vorbeck Princeton Res Ctr, Monmouth Jct, NJ 08852 USA

[3] Harvard Univ, Sch Engn & Appl Sci, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[4] Inst High Performance Comp, Singapore 138632, Singapore

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 2012年 / 101卷 / 09期

关键词：

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; COMPLIANT ELECTRODES; STRAIN; MECHANISMS;

D O I：

10.1063/1.4748114

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

For many applications of dielectric elastomer actuators, it is desirable to replace the carbon-grease electrodes with stretchable, solid-state electrodes. Here, we attach thin layers of a conducting silicone elastomer to prestrained films of an acrylic dielectric elastomer and achieve voltage-actuated areal strains over 70%. The influence of the stiffness of the electrodes and the prestrain of the dielectric films is studied experimentally and theoretically. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4748114]

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