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 response to a stimulus, a soft material deforms, and the deformation provides a function.
We call such a material a soft active material (SAM). This review focuses on one class of soft …

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

Dielectric elastomers are capable of large voltage-induced deformation, but achieving such
large deformation in practice has been a major challenge due to electromechanical …

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 …

The dynamic performance of dielectric elastomer transducers and their capability of
electromechanical energy conversion are affected by dissipative processes, such as …

Dielectric elastomer minimum energy structure (DEMES) formed by clinging a pre-stretched
dielectric elastomer (DE) membrane to the compliant frame possess both material and …

Far greater voltage-actuated deformation is achievable for a dielectric elastomer under
equal-biaxial dead load than under rigid constraint usually employed. Areal strains of 488 …

Topographical patterns are of fundamental importance to materials science, physics,
chemistry and biology, impacting applications as diverse as antifouling, microfluidic device …

Widely used as insulators, capacitors, and transducers in daily life, soft dielectrics based on
polymers and polymeric gels play important roles in modern electrified society. Owning to …