Recently, small-sized structures including micro/nanobeams, micro/nanoplates,
micro/nanotubes, micro/nanowires, etc. have received great attention among researchers in …

Dielectric elastomers (DEs) have extensive applications in micro-electro-mechanical
systems and the biomedical fields. The utilization of DEs in driving micro-beams has …

The hard-magnetic soft materials (HMSMs) belong to the magnetoactive category of smart
polymers that undergo large actuation strain under an externally applied magnetic field and …

On account of the Lord-Shulman thermo-electric-elastic (TEE) theory and the nonlocal
integral elasticity effect, the propagation of the plane wave in sandwiched functionally …

Vibration phenomena can be seen everywhere in our daily life, and finding their amplitude
frequency relationship (AFR) quickly and accurately is of great significance. This study looks …

The incorporation of ionic liquids (ILs) into dielectric elastomer composites has attracted
significant interest due to their potential applications in soft actuators and optical devices …

The majority of atomic force microcode (AFM) probes work based on piezoelectric actuation.
However, some undesirable phenomena such as creep and hysteresis may appear in the …

There are many materials that the linear elasticity theory cannot predict their mechanical
behavior against applied loads. This research proposes a comprehensive theoretical …

This paper investigates the nonlinear free and forced vibrations of a fiber-reinforced
dielectric elastomer-based microbeam using the Euler–Bernoulli beam theory. The …

Revealing the coupling of nonlinear behavior and the magneto-electro-mechanical effects in
the impact responses of post-bucked magneto-electro-elastic structures contributes to the …