Biaxially compliant metal thin film electrodes for dielectric elastomer actuators

• Main Author: Low, Sze Hsien
• Other Authors: Lau Gih Keong
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Motors, engines and turbines
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/65267
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Dielectric elastomer actuators are soft actuators that can attain high actuated strains of more than 100%. In order to cater to such large strains, its electrodes have to be able to follow the elastomer’s large deformations. Metal thin films, which have high-conductivities, are much stiffer and may...