More is demanded from ophthalmic treatments using contact lenses, which are currently
used by over 125 million people around the world. Improving the material of contact lenses …

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 …

Silicone modified epoxy resin (EPS) is synthesized through the condensation reaction of
methoxy and hydroxy groups, which improves the compatibility of epoxy resin and silicone …

In this study, we prepared a series of binary and ternary silicate/silicone elastomer dielectric
composites with excellent actuation and energy storage performance by incorporating talc …

Grafting polar groups onto elastomer chains has proven to be an effective method to achieve
high performance homogeneous dielectric elastomers (DE). Up to now, there still lacks an in …

Polymer nanocomposites are promising alternates to toxic lead-based shielding material
and have huge potential for practical applications, such as, in diagnostic X-ray shielding …

Compatibilization in multicomponent polymer systems is a strategy to combine immiscible
polymers without macrophase separation, leading to mechanically strengthened materials …

A poly (urethane-urea-siloxane) was prepared in a two-step procedure involving the
synthesis of a bis-isocyanate prepolymer on the basis of 4, 4′-diphenylmethane …

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 …

Titanium dioxide-based nanoparticles with nanotube morphology were synthesised and
used in low fractions (2 and 5 wt%) as dielectric permittivity enhancers for high molecular …