A highly stretchable, self-healable, transparent and solid-state poly(ionic liquid) filler for high-performance dielectric elastomer actuators

• Main Authors: Wang, Hui, Tan, Matthew Wei Ming, Poh, Wei Church, Gao, Dace, Wu, Wenting, Lee, Pooi See
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering; Composites; Polymers
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171388
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

By incorporating fillers into dielectric elastomers, electromechanical sensitivities can be enhanced to lower the required operating electrical field for actuation. However, existing solid and liquid fillers suffer from increased stiffness and filler leakage problems respectively, hindering the actu...