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 …

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 …

Dielectric elastomers (DEs) are a promising new transducer technology, but high driving
voltages limit their current commercial potential. One method used to lower driving voltage is …

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 generators (DEGs), which follow the physics of variable capacitors and
harvest electric energy from mechanical work, have attracted intensive attention over the …

The dielectric permittivity (ε′) of a polymeric material can be significantly increased when
blended with conductive fillers at concentrations approaching the percolation threshold …

A series of polyborosiloxanes (PBSs) was synthesized by mixing hydroxy-terminated
polydimethylsiloxanes (PDMS) and boric acid (BA) in toluene at 120° C. The molecular …

Silicones are mostly utilized for their stability to a range of vigorous environmental
conditions, which arises, in part, from the lack of functionality in finished products. The …

Although there are many benefits associated with thermoplastic elastomeric silicones, very
few examples exist: silicone elastomers are normally thermoset materials. We have …