In the past decade, the development of theory has deeply revealed the electromechanical
coupling deformation mechanism of dielectric elastomer (DE). Many theoretical predictions …

Soft robotics requires materials that are capable of large deformation and amenable to
actuation with external stimuli such as electric fields. Energy harvesting, biomedical devices …

Re-chargeable batteries are an important element in the solution to the future of portable
energy storage. In that context, electrolytes play a critical role in the adjudication of a …

Polymeric materials that couple deformation and electrostatics have the potential for use in
soft sensors and actuators with applications ranging from robotic, biomedical, energy …

Dielectric elastomers (DEs) that couple deformation and electrostatics have the potential for
use in soft sensors and actuators with applications ranging from robotic, biomedical, energy …

Dielectric elastomers deform and stiffen when subjected to voltage. This work demonstrates
how fiber composites made of incompressible dielectric elastomers exhibit complete band …

We study electromechanical macroscopic instabilities in dielectric elastomer (DE)
composites undergoing finite strains in the presence of an electric field. We identify the …

Constitutive modeling of dielectric elastomers has been of long standing interest in
mechanics. Over the last two decades rigorous constitutive models have been developed …

Actuated by alternating stimulation, dielectric elastomers (DEs) show a behavior of
complicated nonlinear vibration, implying a potential application as dynamic …

Adding ceramic or conductive fillers into polymers for increasing permittivity is a direct and
effective approach to enhance the actuation strain of dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) …