Dielectric elastomer actuators with elastomeric electrodes

TY - JOUR

T1 - Dielectric elastomer actuators with elastomeric electrodes

AU - Bozlar, Michael

AU - Punckt, Christian

AU - Korkut, Sibel

AU - Zhu, Jian

AU - Chiang Foo, Choon

AU - Suo, Zhigang

AU - Aksay, Ilhan A.

N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported by the Army Research Office Multidisciplinary University Research Institute (ARO/MURI) under Grant No. W911NF-09-1-0476. Additional support was provided by the Partner University Fund of the French American Cultural Exchange (PUF/FACE), sponsored by the French Embassy in the United States.

PY - 2012/8/27

Y1 - 2012/8/27

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

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U2 - 10.1063/1.4748114

DO - 10.1063/1.4748114

M3 - Article

SN - 0003-6951

VL - 101

JO - Applied Physics Letters

JF - Applied Physics Letters

IS - 9

M1 - 091907

ER -