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 …

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 …

A number of materials have been explored for their use as artificial muscles. Among these,
dielectric elastomers (DEs) appear to provide the best combination of properties for true …

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

Two difficulties have long troubled the field theory of dielectric solids. First, when two electric
charges are placed inside a dielectric solid, the force between them is not a measurable …

Hard-magnetic soft materials comprising a soft matrix embedded with hard-magnetic
particles can exhibit large deformations under external magnetic fields, which have attracted …

Kirigami-inspired metamaterials are attracting increasing interest because of their ability to
achieve extremely large strains and shape changes via out-of-plane buckling. While in flat …

Dielectric elastomers, as an important category of electroactive polymers, are known to have
viscoelastic properties that strongly affect their dynamic performance and limit their …

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 …

When used as resonators, dielectric elastomers are subjected to high frequencies and
nonlinear oscillation. The present study is focused on a dielectric elastomer resonator …