Analysis of microstructural induced enhancement of electromechanical coupling in soft dielectrics

Stephan Rudykh; Arnon Lewinstein; Gil Uner; Gal Debotton

doi:10.1063/1.4801775

Analysis of microstructural induced enhancement of electromechanical coupling in soft dielectrics

Stephan Rudykh
, Arnon Lewinstein
, Gil Uner
, Gal Debotton

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

Electroactive soft elastomers require huge electric field for a meaningful actuation. We demonstrate, by means of numerical simulation, that this can be dramatically reduced and large deformations can be achieved with suitably designed heterogeneous actuators. The mechanism by which the enhancement is attained is illustrated with the aid of both idealized and periodic models.

Original language	English
Article number	151905
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	102
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4801775
Publication status	Published - 15 Apr 2013
Externally published	Yes

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