The effect of folds in thin metal film electrodes used in dielectric elastomer actuators

• Main Authors: Low, Sze-Hsien, Lau, Gih-Keong
• Other Authors: Bar-Cohen, Yoseph
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101542; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18640
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Due to high electrical conductivity, metals have been the traditional material for electrodes. However, as metal films have low fracture strains, they are not commonly used as compliant electrodes in the field of dielectric elastomer actuators and generators. We have recently demonstrated that the u...