Fundamentals, processes and applications of high-permittivity polymer–matrix composites

ZM Dang, JK Yuan, JW Zha, T Zhou, ST Li… - Progress in materials …, 2012 - Elsevier
There is an increasing need for high-permittivity (high-k) materials due to rapid development
of electrical/electronic industry. It is well-known that single composition materials cannot …

Vinylidene fluoride-and trifluoroethylene-containing fluorinated electroactive copolymers. How does chemistry impact properties?

T Soulestin, V Ladmiral, FD Dos Santos… - Progress in Polymer …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fluoropolymers are attractive niche polymers used in high added value materials for high-
tech applications in aerospace, electronics, coatings, membranes, cables, and the …

Electroactive polymer actuators as artificial muscles

Y Bar-Cohen - SPIE, Washington, 2001 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Electroactive Polymer Actuators as Arti cial Muscles Page 1 213 6 Electroactive Polymer
Actuators as Artificial Muscles Yoseph Bar-Cohen California Institute of Technology …

Applications of magnetoelectrics

JF Scott - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
A short review of the development of magnetoelectrics is presented, primarily of recent work
(2009–2012). Emphasis is upon the different applications for different generic types: for …

Low‐voltage soft actuators for interactive human–machine interfaces

S Chen, MWM Tan, X Gong… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soft electrical actuators driven by low voltages are promising for interactive human–machine
interfaces (iHMI) applications including executing orders to complete various tasks and …

A compact dielectric elastomer tubular actuator for refreshable Braille displays

P Chakraborti, HAK Toprakci, P Yang… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2012 - Elsevier
Electroactive polymer actuators stimulated by appropriate levels of electric field are
particularly attractive for human-assist devices such as Braille. The development of a full …

Preparation and electroactive properties of a PVDF/nano-TiO2 composite film

N An, H Liu, Y Ding, M Zhang, Y Tang - Applied Surface Science, 2011 - Elsevier
In the present study, poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF)/nano-TiO2 electroactive film was
prepared by coating a substrate with an acetone/DMF solution, which was evaporated at a …

Dry‐type artificial muscles based on pendent sulfonated chitosan and functionalized graphene oxide for greatly enhanced ionic interactions and mechanical stiffness

JH Jeon, RK Cheedarala, CD Kee… - Advanced Functional …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Biopolymer‐based artificial muscles are promising candidates for biomedical applications
and smart electronic textiles due to their multifaceted advantages like natural abundance …

A transparent and stretchable graphene-based actuator for tactile display

U Kim, J Kang, C Lee, HY Kwon, S Hwang… - …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
A tactile display is an important tool to help humans interact with machines by using touch. In
this paper, we present a transparent and stretchable graphene-based actuator for advanced …

Carbon-nanotube sensitized nematic elastomer composites for IR-visible photo-actuation

JE Marshall, Y Ji, N Torras, K Zinoviev, EM Terentjev - Soft Matter, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are of considerable interest for their potential as actuators,
due to the ability of aligned monodomain LCEs to reversibly change their bulk dimensions in …