The current state of silicone‐based dielectric elastomer transducers

FB Madsen, AE Daugaard, S Hvilsted… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Silicone elastomers are promising materials for dielectric elastomer transducers (DETs) due
to their superior properties such as high efficiency, reliability and fast response times. DETs …

Polar elastomers as novel materials for electromechanical actuator applications

DM Opris - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Dielectric elastomer actuators are stretchable capacitors capable of a musclelike actuation
when charged. They will one day be used to replace malfunctioning muscles supposing the …

Fabrication of advanced polydimethylsiloxane-based functional materials: Bulk modifications and surface functionalizations

J Liu, Y Yao, X Li, Z Zhang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
With the rapid progress of artificial intelligence, robot and medical services, soft polymers
with changeable modulus and flexible machinability have become an important kind of …

Novel nanohybrid biocatalyst: application in the kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols

WS Galvão, BB Pinheiro, LRB Golçalves… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - Springer
In this work, a nanohybrid material was developed and used for the first time to the kinetic
resolution of secondary alcohols as rac-indanol, rac-1-phenylethanol (rac-1), rac-1-(3 …

Optimization techniques for improving the performance of silicone‐based dielectric elastomers

AL Skov, L Yu - Advanced Engineering Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Dielectric elastomers are possible candidates for realizing products that are in high demand
by society, such as soft robotics and prosthetics, tactile displays, and smart wearables …

Dielectric elastomer actuators with increased dielectric permittivity and low leakage current capable of suppressing electromechanical instability

P Caspari, SJ Dünki, FA Nüesch… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Dielectric elastomers with increased dielectric permittivity (ε′), excellent insulating and
mechanical properties have a broad application potential ranging from flexible electronics to …

Soft silicone elastomers exhibiting large actuation strains

A Bele, M Dascalu, C Tugui… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Poly (dimethyl‐co‐methylvinyl) siloxane‐α, ω‐diols with 1.5, 5.5, and 8.5 mol% vinyl
group contents, respectively, are obtained via an environmental friendly synthesis and used …

Intrinsically tuning the electromechanical properties of elastomeric dielectrics: a chemistry perspective

C Ellingford, C Bowen, T McNally… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Dielectric elastomers have the capability to be used as transducers for actuation and energy
harvesting applications due to their excellent combination of large strain capability (100 …

From passive to emerging smart silicones

M Cazacu, M Dascalu, GT Stiubianu, A Bele… - Reviews in Chemical …, 2023 - degruyter.com
Amassing remarkable properties, silicones are practically indispensable in our everyday life.
In most classic applications, they play a passive role in that they cover, seal, insulate …

Polar silicones: Structure-dielectric properties relationship

C Racles, V Cozan, A Bele… - Designed Monomers and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
A series of polar silicones was synthesized in order to compare their dielectric properties.
Different substituents with high dipole moment (epoxy, pyridyl, aldehyde, cyano …