Examination of factors to improve the performance of dielectric elastomer transducers and their applications

S Chiba, M Waki, M Takeshita… - Smart Materials and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Actuators, sensors, and generators using dielectric elastomers (DEs) are inexpensive and
light, and can be easily to structured, multilayer-able, and very efficient. They are ideal for an …

Possibilities of artificial muscles using dielectric elastomers and their applications

SA Chiba, M Waki, M Takeshita… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Trans Tech Publ
The recent developments in dielectric elastomers (DE) are spectacular. Currently, a DE as
an actuator, 0.15 g of acrylic sandwiching SWCNT electrodes, is capable of lifting a weight of …

A Marine Experiment Using Dielectric Elastomer Generators and Comparative Study with Actual Measured Values and Theoretical Values

S Chiba, M Waki - Archives of Advanced Engineering …, 2024 - ojs.bonviewpress.com
Power generators using dielectric elastomer (DE) transducers are inexpensive, highly
efficient, lightweight, stackable, and also easy to install. Therefore, it is considered optimal …

Modeling of the actuation performance of dielectric elastomer unimorph bending actuators consisting of different materials

H Böse, J Ehrlich, P Löschke… - … Polymer Actuators and …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Unimorph bending actuators based on dielectric elastomers (DE) are promising components
for soft robotic grippers in analogy to the capabilities of the human hand. In a simple …

4D-printed dielectric elastomer soft robots: Modeling and fabrications

D Kim, S Sikulskyi - Smart materials in additive manufacturing, 2022 - Elsevier
The recently emerging and actively growing area of soft robotics promises endless
opportunities in a wide range of engineering fields, including biomedical, industrial, and …

Additively Manufactured Flexible Piezoelectric Wave-Based Multifunctional Sensor

R Srinivasaraghavan Govindarajan - 2024 - commons.erau.edu
The demand for acoustic wave-based sensors has rapidly increased in the aerospace,
chemical, gas, and biological fields due to their versatility in sensing measurands. This study …