Dielectric elastomer actuators based on stretchable and self-healable hydrogel electrodes

Dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) based on dielectric elastomer holds promising applications in soft robotics. Compliant electrodes with large stretchability and high electrical conductivity are the vital components for the DEAs. In this study, a type of DEA was developed using carbon nanotube/pol...

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Autores principales: Gao, Yang, Fang, Xiaoliang, Tran, Danhquang, Ju, Kuan, Qian, Bo, Li, Jin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2019
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Engineering
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6731732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31598224
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.182145
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author Gao, Yang
Fang, Xiaoliang
Tran, Danhquang
Ju, Kuan
Qian, Bo
Li, Jin
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Fang, Xiaoliang
Tran, Danhquang
Ju, Kuan
Qian, Bo
Li, Jin
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description Dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) based on dielectric elastomer holds promising applications in soft robotics. Compliant electrodes with large stretchability and high electrical conductivity are the vital components for the DEAs. In this study, a type of DEA was developed using carbon nanotube/polyvinyl alcohol (CNT/PVA) hydrogel electrodes. The CNT/PVA hydrogel electrodes demonstrate a stretchability up to 200% with a small relative resistance change of approximately 1.2, and a self-healing capability. The areal strain of the DEA based on the CNT/PVA hydrogel electrodes is more than 40%, much higher than the ones based on pure PVA electrodes.
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spelling pubmed-67317322019-10-09 Dielectric elastomer actuators based on stretchable and self-healable hydrogel electrodes Gao, Yang Fang, Xiaoliang Tran, Danhquang Ju, Kuan Qian, Bo Li, Jin R Soc Open Sci Engineering Dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) based on dielectric elastomer holds promising applications in soft robotics. Compliant electrodes with large stretchability and high electrical conductivity are the vital components for the DEAs. In this study, a type of DEA was developed using carbon nanotube/polyvinyl alcohol (CNT/PVA) hydrogel electrodes. The CNT/PVA hydrogel electrodes demonstrate a stretchability up to 200% with a small relative resistance change of approximately 1.2, and a self-healing capability. The areal strain of the DEA based on the CNT/PVA hydrogel electrodes is more than 40%, much higher than the ones based on pure PVA electrodes. The Royal Society 2019-08-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6731732/ /pubmed/31598224 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.182145 Text en © 2019 The Authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Gao, Yang
Fang, Xiaoliang
Tran, Danhquang
Ju, Kuan
Qian, Bo
Li, Jin
Dielectric elastomer actuators based on stretchable and self-healable hydrogel electrodes
title Dielectric elastomer actuators based on stretchable and self-healable hydrogel electrodes
title_full Dielectric elastomer actuators based on stretchable and self-healable hydrogel electrodes
title_fullStr Dielectric elastomer actuators based on stretchable and self-healable hydrogel electrodes
title_full_unstemmed Dielectric elastomer actuators based on stretchable and self-healable hydrogel electrodes
title_short Dielectric elastomer actuators based on stretchable and self-healable hydrogel electrodes
title_sort dielectric elastomer actuators based on stretchable and self-healable hydrogel electrodes
topic Engineering
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6731732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31598224
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.182145
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