Due to the inherent rigidity of hard materials, the adaptability and flexibility of traditional
robots are limited. Recently, soft robots became one of the most attractive areas. The …

The rapid development of 3D printing has led to considerable progress in the field of
biomedical engineering. Notably, 4D printing provides a potential strategy to achieve a time …

Featured Application The main application area of dielectric elastomers is soft robotics as
muscle-like actuators. Abstract This paper reviews state-of-the-art dielectric elastomer …

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

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) as a typical class of electroactive polymers have been
developed rapidly in the last two decades due to their advantages such as large strain, high …

A balloon dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) speaker is constructed by forming a disk-
shaped DEA film into a sphere using air, increasing its surface area by 3033%. Sound is …

A vibration suppression technique for lightweight and flexible membrane structures is
proposed using smart structure technology with a dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA). DEA …

We propose a simple methodology to paint carbon nanotube (CNT) powder with a soft brush
onto an elastomer. A large deformation of dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) occurs …

This study evaluates the basic characteristics of smart structures composed of dielectric
elastomer actuators (DEAs) to suppress vibrations. A DEA, which is a lightweight, flexible …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are energy efficient, compact, and operate silently.
DEAs consist of an elastomer membrane sandwiched between two stretchable electrodes …