Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are an attractive form of electromechanical transducer,
possessing high energy densities, an efficient design, mechanical flexibility, high speed, and …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are flexible lightweight actuators that can generate
strains of over 100%. They are used in applications ranging from haptic feedback (mm-sized …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) face an acknowledged challenge: On the one hand,
the majority of elastomers only achieve small electroactive deformation (< 20%) in the …

Programmable soft materials exhibiting dynamically reconfigurable, reversible, fast, and
latchable shape transformation are key for applications ranging from wearable tactile …

Electroactive dielectric elastomers exhibit enormous promise for a variety of miniature
transducers due to their unique mechanical and electromechanical characteristics (ie, high …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are soft electromechanical devices that exhibit large
energy densities and fast actuation rates. They are typically produced by planar methods …

DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201601842 voltages (100–300 V) can be achieved by using much
thinner elastomer films (3 μm),[14] but such films are very fragile and difficult to manipulate to …

Multifunctional Dielectric Elastomer (DE) devices are well established as actuators, sensors
and energy har-vesters. Since the invention of the Dielectric Elastomer Switch (DES), a …

In this paper, we present miniaturized polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-based diaphragm
dielectric elastomer actuators capable of out-of-plane displacement up to 25% of their …

Dielectric elastomer (DE) technology is based on the interactions of electrostatic charge with
deformable polymer materials. While such materials and their electrical interactions have a …