Dielectric elastomers (DEs) are widely studied as artificial muscles due to their large
actuation strain and fast electromechanical response. Currently, the commonly used acrylate …

Most dielectric elastomers (DEs) need high operating electric field (> 100 kV/mm) and the
essential pre-strains to achieve satisfied actuation, which limits their widespread application …

Dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) is considered as an ideal artificial muscle with soft and
light in nature, widespread application in soft robotics and sensors. Dielectric elastomer …

Dielectric elastomers (DEs) are one of the optimal artificial muscle candidates and featured
for their light weight, fast response, and large stroke. However, high operating voltage and …

Dielectric elastomers (DEs) have emerged as one of the most promising artificial muscle
technologies, due to their exceptional properties such as large actuation strain, fast …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) have shown great potential in the field of robotics,
energy harvesting, or haptics for wearables. However, existing DEA materials typically …

Prestrain provides high actuation performance in dielectric elastomers (DEs) but increases
the bulk, mass, and fatigue of the resulting actuators. Based on our experiments on prestrain …

Dielectric elastomers (DEs) are kinds of advanced functional materials, attracting more
attention due to that they can used to fabricate ingenious devices. In this work, a series of …

Dielectric elastomers (DEs) can be deformed in response to an electric field. Combining
many muscle-like attributes like mechanical compliance, a very fast response, large …

The best performing dielectric elastomer materials reported thus far are commercial products
manufactured for applications unrelated to electro-mechanical transduction. Prestretching is …