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 …

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 …

Self-powered flexible electronics are of particular interest and important for next generation
electronics due to their light weight, flexible and self-sustainable properties. Many self …

Dielectric elastomers (DE) suffer from cracks and breaks during repeated cycles, thus a DE
material with both high actuated strain (SA) and self-healing ability is highly desired. Herein …

Piezoelectric ceramic materials such as Pb (Zr, Ti) O 3 (PZT) based ceramics have excellent
electromechanical energy conversion ability, however, their rigid and undeformed …

Additive manufacturing of arbitrary shapes and unique architecture provides remarkable
flexibility and simplicity for the preparation of highly complex conformal electronics. This …

The application of silicone rubber (SiR) dielectric elastomer (DE) as an actuator is limited by
its low properties in terms of dielectric constant, mechanical strength and actuated strain in a …

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 …

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 …

Multi-functional materials were synthesized by on chain modification of dimethyl-
methylvinylsiloxane copolymers with mercaptopropionic acid and Disperse Red 1 (DR1) …