Dielectric elastomer actuators with elastomeric electrodes

Michael Bozlar; Christian Punckt; Sibel Korkut; Jian Zhu; Choon Chiang Foo; Zhigang Suo; Ilhan A. Aksay

doi:10.1063/1.4748114

Dielectric elastomer actuators with elastomeric electrodes

Michael Bozlar, Christian Punckt, Sibel Korkut, Jian Zhu, Choon Chiang Foo, Zhigang Suo, Ilhan A. Aksay

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	091907
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	101
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4748114
State	Published - Aug 27 2012

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