[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in flexible capacitive sensors: Structures and properties

Z Ma, Y Zhang, K Zhang, H Deng, Q Fu - Nano Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The future intelligent era that will be brought about by 5G technology can be well predicted.
For example, the connection between humans and smart wearable devices will become …

[HTML][HTML] Dielectric elastomer actuators for artificial muscles: A comprehensive review of soft robot explorations

Y Wang, X Ma, Y Jiang, W Zang, P Cao, M Tian… - … Chemicals and Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) artificial muscle is a typical interdisciplinary research
category, which has developed by leaps and bounds in the past 20 years, showing great …

Skin‐Mountable Vibrotactile Stimulator Based on Laterally Multilayered Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

J Son, S Lee, GY Bae, G Lee… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Skin‐stimulation technology has attracted intense attention for virtual/augmented reality
applications and tactile‐feedback systems. However, bulky, heavy, and stiff characteristics of …

Enhanced actuation performance of multiple stimuli responsive PDMS-based bilayer actuators by adding ionic liquid

EJ Chang, MF Lin - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2024 - Elsevier
Soft actuators are in high demand for applications such as sensors, soft robotics, biomimetic
devices, and actuators that can respond to different energies have enormous advantages …

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 …

High strength, self-healing sensitive ionogel sensor based on MXene/ionic liquid synergistic conductive network for human-motion detection

X Wen, Z Deng, H Wang, J Shi, S Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Ionogels with both high strength and high conductivity for wearable strain and pressure dual-
mode sensors are needed for human motion and health monitoring. Here, multiple hydrogen …

Soft actuator materials for electrically driven haptic interfaces

Ankit, TYK Ho, A Nirmal, MR Kulkarni… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Haptics involves human touch sensing and tactile feedback and plays a crucial role in
physical interactions of humans with their environment. There is an ever‐increasing interest …

Multifunctional displays and sensing platforms for the future: a review on flexible alternating current electroluminescence devices

C Qu, Y Xu, Y Xiao, S Zhang, H Liu… - ACS Applied Electronic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Alternating current electroluminescence (ACEL) as a unique display technology has been
studied for decades. Due to the development of component materials (phosphor, dielectric …

Vinylsilane-rich silicone filled by polydimethylsiloxane encapsulated carbon black particles for dielectric elastomer actuator with enhanced out-of-plane actuations

J Huang, F Wang, L Ma, Z Zhang, E Meng… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to an extremely low permittivity, silicone based dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA)
needs to be triggered by a very high voltage, thus endures the risks of electrical breakdown …

Dynamic chemical bonds design strategy for fabricating fast room-temperature healable dielectric elastomer with significantly improved actuation performance

RP Nie, H Lin, Y Li, HD Huang, DX Yan, K Dai… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dielectric elastomers are indispensable for soft actuators due to their fast actuation response
and diverse configuration. However, the existing dielectric elastomers have poor …