Dielectric elastomers (DEs) are a type of multifunctional materials with salient features that
are very attractive in developing soft, lightweight, and small-scale transducers and robotics …

Material properties of soft electro-active (SEA) structures are significantly sensitive to
external electro-mechanical biasing fields (such as pre-stretch and electric stimuli), which …

Dielectric elastomer (DE) balloon is a new type of actuator that can be used as high
frequency pumps or loudspeakers. In this paper, a theoretical model of DE balloon …

Due to their unique electromechanical coupling properties, soft electro-active (SEA)
resonators are actively tunable, extremely suitable, and practically important for designing …

In this paper, a novel fabrication process of stacked dielectric elastomer actuator (SDEA) is
developed based on casting process and elastomeric electrode. The so-fabricated SDEA …

Designing tunable resonators is of practical importance in active/adaptive sound generation,
noise control, vibration isolation and damping. In this paper, we propose to exploit the …

Recent years have seen an increasing interest in the dielectric electroactive polymers
(DEAPs) and their potential in actuator applications due to the large strain capabilities. This …

In this paper, based on the standard linear solid rheological model, a dynamics model of
viscoelastic dielectric elastomers (DEs) is developed with incorporation of viscous damping …

A multi-layer planar dielectric elastomer actuator (MPDEA), which contains multiple identical
DE film actuators superimposed layer by layer, is proposed to realize active vibration control …

We investigate the effect electrostatically-controlled aperiodicity has on the propagation of
flexural waves in two-component elastomeric films. We first determine the static response of …